Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
We looked at each other. We didn’t really smile. But we were smiling at each other on the inside.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I come from an area where it's mostly, like, football and basketball, those are the sports. So my brother started surfing... I used to make fun of him for it, and then he challenged me to do it, and I'm a huge competitor, and I did it ,and I got hooked.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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Know that the tattoos are all significant. They're all extremely insignificant. I can't break each one down, but it's 20 years. The first one was 21 years of age from a football teammate.
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I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.
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There's just no telling what I'll do. But I can say for certain I will continue to play, record, and put out music.
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.
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Capitalism is the only system where such men are free to function and where progress is accompanied, not by forced privations, but by a constant rise in the general level of prosperity, of consumption and of enjoyment of life.
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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
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And to his eyeThere was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him.
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Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.
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I'd love to do something a little different than 'Ted.'
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When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for me, I know I was very tough at times, and would storm down the hall after watching some bad animation from Korea. But overall, I feel we had a good time.
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What I really like is to be at home, working.
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When you look at men's fashion magazines, you see a lot of well-groomed guys in suits, but very rarely do you see a lot of guys in drop-crotch and hoods with high-tops. It's coming, though, because guys in suits and short hair are beginning to look like they're from another time.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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Conor got his ass beat.
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I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.
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We looked at each other. We didn’t really smile. But we were smiling at each other on the inside.
