Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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I live in Hollywood, California. It's absolutely nothing like Absaroka County, Wyoming. For me, it's a great escape and I really enjoy it.
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Better a decent remake than a bad original, don't you think?
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Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.
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It's my job to know what's available from every retailer, catalog, website, antiques mall, and craftsperson. A good designer or decorator has to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge.
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I'm not a homophobic.
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Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.
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Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.
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Everything I've done until 'The Jeffersons' - the plays, the movies, the soap operas - were all in New York.
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This country was founded upon the principle that we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - those rights are what make America great, and they belong to each and every one of us.
Charles B. Rangel -
To suggest the President of the United States and the head of the free world - the man who is changing the world - is being manipulated by Mitch McConnell is insulting to the president; it's absolutely insulting.
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If you play this game long enough, you're going to get your tail kicked at least once.
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I'm a natural puzzle solver.
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I don't care if I put people off.
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I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.
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When I first came in the business, I had a couple of close calls on planes going to London for shows. There was one time where the plane had to fly around until a storm ended, and then we started having a question about fuel, so we had to go through the storm. It was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. That really messed me up.
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I used to think the word 'feminist' reeked of insecurity. A woman who needed to state that she was equal to a man might as well be shouting that she was smart or brave. If you were, you wouldn't need to say it.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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I feel that every professional is the art school for the next guy. I feel that maybe a lot of the dynamism in my own work, having been felt by the rest of the artists, they'll react to it and put elements of that in their own work, feeling that it'll help it.
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I think I’m the stupidest smart boy who ever lived.
