Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat!
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Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.
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This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.
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I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.
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Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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Companies often visit my office, or invite me to theirs, to brief me on new products, Web sites, or software before they are released - usually a few weeks or days ahead of time. I don't review most of these products.
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Too often, campaigns are all flash and no substance.
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I was sad to see anybody leave, we had a very nice family on that show. I was very sad to see momma go, Victoria and especially Linda. My god that was my wife on the show, in fact my wife calls her wife.
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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
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I had to struggle with the language. I can understand Hindi now, but I still can't communicate. And things get lost in translation; I feel rejected all the time.
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When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.
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Was it really this easy, once you escaped, to just not care?
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All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they'll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad's restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.
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When I get the ball with my back to goal, I like to be in touching contact. I need to feel the guy. He will try to take the ball, and I will go past him.
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In fact, part of the Netflix series is drama.Beyond re-enactments. Why not invent something new?
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In thee my soul shall own combined the sister and the friend.
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Guess that's a part of what the living did, they took care of their dead.
