Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
I don't mind working. And anyway, what would I do? I don't like to watch TV. I'm out of touch with my own generation. And I have you and Mom to thank for that.
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I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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I want to see what I look like when I'm old - I'm curious where that's going to take me.
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The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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Everyone freaks out because my character is the only one who has shorts on the Galactica. Well, that is because I went and grabbed a pair of pants and scissors and cut them off and gave her shorts.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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If there is one thing that the women and men of the late 20th century who have an awareness and enjoyment of history can be sure of, it is that Islam was not sent from Heaven to foster egotism and mediocrity.
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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I choose to express myself.
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I don't feel I'm playing villains all the time.
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To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it.
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Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.
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From 1997 through 1999, I had gained so much. People don't realize how something like weight gain can make you sad. Losing weight has changed my life. If you can take control of your life, you can lose weight.
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It's a rare thing when you read a role and have this immediate ownership over it, you have this take and this connection, and it's not even that you feel that you're gonna do a good job, it's that you feel like you've found it. It fits, it's natural; it's like putting on a good shoe or something.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me – and it was such a backhanded compliment – they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'
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The Price Is Right can really get me going.
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Being an American is an action; it's an ideal to strive for. It's being part of this constantly perfecting union that, with each generation, expands our scope and human understanding of 'We the people.'
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I don't mind working. And anyway, what would I do? I don't like to watch TV. I'm out of touch with my own generation. And I have you and Mom to thank for that.
