Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
Mostly, I think people are fake. Well, what do you expect? The fake world we live in conspires to make us all fakes.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
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I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision.
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I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real. It was like a psychological battle to be creative. I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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The more closely you get in touch with your dreams, the more able you are to make them real. The more vividly you consider how you want your world to be, the more real and effective tools you will have for making it so.
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It's often the case that great artists - people like Bruce Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound social change long before the economic statisticians notice them. Changes start long before they become statistics.
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So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children.
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I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.
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Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click.
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We like the size of the company today given the environment and have no plans to split it up and make it smaller.
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Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?
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When I finished the role of Christ, I felt as though I'd been let out on parole. A man who has served 18 months isn't eager to go back to prison.
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I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally.
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The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope.
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You need to make sure you're going exactly where your guy goes in press coverage. In zone, you can read the quarterback and his eyes a bit to determine where he's going. You don't get the opportunity in press coverage to read the quarterback, so it's all on you.
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I looked into corruption in Afghanistan through a work called 'Payback' and impersonated a police officer, set up a fake checkpoint on the street in Kabul and stopped cars, but instead of asking them for a bribe, offered them money and apologized on behalf of the Kabul Police Department.
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The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.
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I try to get massages on Saturday. That's my only day off.
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I feel like I want to be known first and foremost for my work.
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Mostly, I think people are fake. Well, what do you expect? The fake world we live in conspires to make us all fakes.
