Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed.
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I wasn't born to be champion - I fought to be champion.
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I don't want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of 'Idiocracy' and 'Borat,' without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
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To me, success in the job is setting a vision, guiding an organization through change - which is exactly what I did at Digitas, and I'm very proud of that - and bringing people together and with you. That, to me, is what it takes to be successful.
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I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.
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It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.
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Why did I choose Washington among offers from other cities? Because it is the capital of the world.
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In the 1920s, big names in the Arab world spoke of Scheherazade as an example for intellectuals fighting for their rights. She was a fighter for the right of free expression.
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I think it is one of the greatest pictures ever taken of a woman.
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Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.
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I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.
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My wife was a licensed psychologist by profession and a college professor of psychology.
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Most people don't watch a movie four or five times; they watch it once.
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When you're just focused on nutrition and hunger, that's a harder, harder lift in isolation.
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I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.
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Until the last nuclear weapon is eliminated, more must also be done to reduce the risk of a detonation. Nuclear-armed states should reduce the number of warheads on high alert and be clearer about the actions they are taking to prevent accidents.
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I've served on the International Relations Committee.
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I've not been in a live-in relationship. But I've been exposed to various kinds of equations that can exist between people. When I came from Bangalore, it was black and white. Over the years, I've realised that there's more to what we see on a day-to-day basis. There are all kinds of relationships, all kinds of equations.
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He’s so cute I would have thrown myself in front of a moving car too.
