Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
Before I nodded off, I thought about what my dad had said—that life wasn’t all nice and neat like a book, and life didn’t have a plot filled with characters who said intelligent and beautiful things. But he wasn’t right about that. See, my dad said intelligent and beautiful things. And he was real. He was the most real thing in the entire world. So why couldn’t I be like him?Benjamin Alire Saenz
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
Gabriel Marcel -
Put paying your dues and all that puts so much into being a success. You have an understanding of what it's about, being on your own for three or four years and living day to day on $3, or living in an apartment with no electricity.
Taylor Kitsch -
You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them.
Tavi Gevinson -
I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
Baz Luhrmann -
The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
Sam Graves -
My mom would always play me a lot of late-'50s, late-'60s rock.
G-Eazy
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
Naguib Mahfouz -
The importance of creativity in our country is greatly misunderstood.
Sam Jaeger -
We are all so busy and constantly trying to save time and balance everything.
Camila Alves -
While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family.
Warren Littlefield -
Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.
Samuel Fuller -
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
Edmund Burke
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I look forward to an honest debate with Governor Palin on the issues, in the unlikely event that she ever learns anything about them.
Alan Grayson -
My name is Kevin, I'm from Queensland, and I'm here to help.
Kevin Rudd -
A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.
Bertrand Russell -
I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.
Don Ameche -
It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softheadedness and weakness. The oligarchical power feeds on the sense that we are all individuals, struggling on our own, and ennobled by the effort.
Charlie Pierce -
I've been saying it all along: please do not demonise Robert Mugabe. I'm not saying the methods he's using are correct, but he was put under great pressure.
Kenneth Kaunda
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I hate management. I hate management. I just do.
Dawn Steel -
We are part of the zeitgeist, and we are communicating in a human, real way.
Jeffrey Tambor -
The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you that your mind has lost touch with what's real.
Andrew Bernstein -
Before I nodded off, I thought about what my dad had said—that life wasn’t all nice and neat like a book, and life didn’t have a plot filled with characters who said intelligent and beautiful things. But he wasn’t right about that. See, my dad said intelligent and beautiful things. And he was real. He was the most real thing in the entire world. So why couldn’t I be like him?
Benjamin Alire Saenz