Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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I live in a constant state of hyperbole.
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I will never sell Flipkart.
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You would not believe that Paula Patton and I have the same trainer.
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If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.
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I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.
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I'm much too young to feel this damn old.
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My absolute dream would be to play for Manchester United and help them reach the goals they have.
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You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections.
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What did everyone think robot vacuuming was going to be? Well, they think Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons,' a human robot that pushed a vacuum. That was never going to happen.
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I could spend my life having meetings, a meeting to have another meeting, a hundred meetings to have another thousand meetings. It's not what I'm about. I don't want to have to get in a queue; that's not how I like to live.
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Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time.
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Joyce's writing in Dubliners contains some of the most unshowily beautiful sentences in the English language. I learned from him that if you write a good, clean line of English, you can get under a reader's skin. The reader won't even know why, but there you are. Didion, Berger, the many others I mentioned above, and many, many poets I haven't mentioned. Writers of this calibre are the moving targets the rest of us are always chasing.
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What did school matter compared to a sister?
