Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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Well, you know, in this crazy world of entertainment, I would say if you have a dream, you have to pursue it.
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We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
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The American people do not want their taxpayer dollars funding any activity that runs counter to the security of our nation or our ally Israel.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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It is true that when there's a drone attack, those - that the - the terrorists are killed, it's true. But 500 and 5,000 more people rises against it, and more terrorism occurs, and more - more bomb blasts occurs.
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I think I've been influenced by everything I've ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was my grandma, who was an opera singer. The first song I ever learned was the 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's 'Turandot.' My father was a big band singer, so I used to hear him walking around the house singing standards all the time.
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One drawing demands to become a painting, so I start to work on that, and then the painting might demand something else. Then the painting might say, 'I want a companion, and the companion should be like this,' so I have to find that, either by drawing it myself or locating the image.
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Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.
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If you don't have religious fallibilism, you have immense problems.
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Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.
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We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
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[It] is impossible for us to establish a living vital connection with the masses unless we will work for them, through them and in their midst, not as their patrons but as their servants.
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Show me a man without regrets and I’ll show you a man without a conscience.
