Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
But maybe there isn’t a logic behind the word family. The truth is, it isn’t always such a good word.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.
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And that's the way it is.
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That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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The fan support was the greatest. It's everything.
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.
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I love men's wear.
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I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.
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I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
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The mind has an outlook which transcends the natural law by which it functions.
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I like Adele, Mika, Natacha Atlas and a beautiful old record, 'An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri,' starring Harry Belafonte and Nana Mouskouri. What they have in common is they all have incredible voices. I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.
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It's not the same without Jerry. It never will be.
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And you wouldn't believe what a small world it is because everyone seems to know that I was a Playmate. You wouldn't be scared of me, would you?
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We were jigsawed, meant to fit together, making a whole picture.
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I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family.
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Embrace truth as it is revealed to-day by human reason.
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Cop families have guns in their houses. It's a bigger question for mothers. When is the right time to introduce to your children the things that could hurt them? But not having the knowledge could hurt them.
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But maybe there isn’t a logic behind the word family. The truth is, it isn’t always such a good word.
