Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
Do you think, Ari, that love has anything to do with the secrets of the universe? I don’t know. Maybe.
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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When I was living in Mexico and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to ignore a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' around me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book.
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Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!
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I know that I've played a lot of comedic roles. It's a visual medium. When you get one role, you start to get cast in that role for awhile because that's what people have seen you do, and have hopefully seen you do it successfully.
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Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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The first sentence of a book is a promise.
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In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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I have won 85 caps and have had a great career with Wales and have enjoyed every minute of it.
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My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington.
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I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.
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My wife and I do not argue. We communicate. We talk. But we've never fought in our entire relationship.
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If I'm going to be 'too' anything, 'too cute' is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies?
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When we're falling in love or out of it, that's when we most need a song that says how we feel. Yeah, I write a lot of songs about boys. And I'm very happy to do that.
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People can be so neglectful of each other and of their own heritage - then death intrudes. Conversations we wish that we'd had earlier are had too late.
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There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, 'Consume me'.
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Do you think, Ari, that love has anything to do with the secrets of the universe? I don’t know. Maybe.
