Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
I was darker than he was. And I’m not just talking about our skin coloring. He told me I had a tragic vision of life. “That’s why you like Spider-Man.

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My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.
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In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.' I wrote that play very quickly.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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If you think about what folks have been doing for 20 or 30 years, they have been bottling frustration and resentment that the political elites don't understand them, that the political elites don't care about them, that the political elites judge them in various ways. All Donald Trump does is provide the opposite of those things.
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The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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I always think that the party that offers the most hope and ideas for the future is the party that wins.
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One thing that stays the same is my passion for music. Other than that, I've become more dedicated. I think that I really work much harder than I ever did when I first started at my craft; I'm more dedicated, and I have become a perfectionist.
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Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that.
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Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s.
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I don't eat when I'm working. If I start to fridge-raid, I'm in trouble.
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Some men say that they should be satisfied with the abolition of untouchability only, leaving the caste system alone. The aim of abolition of untouchability alone without trying to abolish the inequalities inherent in the caste system is a rather low aim.
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Religion has been an essential part of my life ever since I was baptised. My personal journey with God has been very important throughout my life.
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Change your thoughts, and in the twinkling of an eye, all your conditions change. Your world is a world of crystallized ideas, crystallized words. Sooner or later, you reap the fruits of your words and thoughts.
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Every lie has 2 parts - the lie we tell others and the one we tell ourselves to justify it.
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He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude.
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I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating is more rewarding.
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It's interesting because First Wives Club was the first movie that made a shitload of money that starred all women over a certain age. That was a milestone that made you think, "Oh, things are going to change."
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I just don't like the feeling of knowing something that somebody else doesn't.
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.
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I'm very comfortable in my skin.
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I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?"
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There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do.
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I was darker than he was. And I’m not just talking about our skin coloring. He told me I had a tragic vision of life. “That’s why you like Spider-Man.