Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
I thought it was nice that they knew how to talk and how to laugh and how to be in the world.
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway, and they said, 'No way - we are not going to do that to your hair.' So I did it myself. Big mistake. Instead of my bangs going down straight, they were sticking up like a cat. It was horrible.
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent confrontations. I write my scripts from an emotional point of view and direct so the audience can experience this adrenalin rush.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and in defeat, to look after what is our sport, football.
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The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.
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You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.
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Mumbai is like Manhattan. There's a certain pace, a social life and the thrill of a professional life.
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A lot of American playwrights seem to have a career as a playwright. I don't consider it a career at all.
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If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it.
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See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.
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We constantly had family conversations. A lot of conversations about life. We've always been a family to where we did everything together, whether it was karate or Bible study... I just really had a chance to look and learn.
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I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently.
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When you come after Americans, we go after you. It may take time, but we have long memories, and our reach has no limit.
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I'm just not one of those people who thought having biological children was that important, to me it was more about wanting to raise a child.
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It's really cool when a guy tips 20 per cent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.
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The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.
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I thought it was nice that they knew how to talk and how to laugh and how to be in the world.
