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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Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.
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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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Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.
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Yeah, I've always been a big Chunky Soup guy. I'm digging all the new Chunky Maxx flavors, which are packed with protein. Specifically, the black angus beef.
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The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.
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One of the secrets of 'A Christmas Story' is that it's a relatable story. They feel like our family.
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To commit herself to becoming "an apostle of Joy" when humanly speaking she might have felt at the brink of despair, was heroic indeed. She could do so because her joy was rooted in the certitude of the ultimate goodness of God's loving plan for her. And though her faith in this truth did not touch her soul with consolation, she ventured to meet the challenges of life with a smile. Her one lever was her blind trust in God.
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I basically taught myself how to DJ, but I've been inspired by DJs throughout my whole career. I have some good friends that would hook us up with music. You learn some little things here and there from each DJ and you just take it and put your own style into to it.
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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.
