Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
Sometimes he feels as though God is nothing more than a set of jaws that bites down on his heart.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.
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I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the unloving, say life should be lovely. I, that am blind, cry out against my blindness.
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.
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My mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen.
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People criticize you for trying new things. I think, 'I'm new! I'm 22!' I don't know exactly what my sound is or what I want my album to sound like, so I'm not releasing it yet. While I'm experimenting, I'll let you in on the journey, and you can hear it for free.
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Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions.
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My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
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I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'
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Get a feedback loop and listen to it. … When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.
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I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.
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Mi dignidad le pide a quien no me hace daño que no me haga daño, y a quien me hace daño no le pide nada.
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Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.
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I do want to be involved in quality projects that say something positive about the Latino community.
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As I say, we Norwegians love our woolens, and you can buy some beautiful knitwear in Oslo. They might cost you a bit - but they will last.
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I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it.
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I was always so scared to sing in front of people. That was kind of my weird thing.
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There's no such thing as an original sin.
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You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.
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The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different.
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Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.
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We have become a nation incapable of living within our means. We seem incapable of accepting the reality that owning a home is not and never was intended to be a right. It is a reward for working hard and saving up enough money to not only purchase a property, but to maintain and improve it.
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Sometimes he feels as though God is nothing more than a set of jaws that bites down on his heart.
