Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
I guess I did miss Dante-even though I tried hard to not think about him. The problem with trying hard not to think about something was that you thought about it even more.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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In TV, you're always confused because you legitimately don't know what you're doing the next week.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
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God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.
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Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
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The more you talk about - and live by - your principles, the harder it will be for others to treat you in a morally ambiguous manner.
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In Arab culture, music is for celebration. You don't play music at funerals.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some.
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I'm very unpopular for my dislike of this food, but I've never liked avocado. Everyone gives me so much flack for it because they tell me how healthy it is for me, how delicious it is. I don't like it, but it's not for lack of trying. I tried to like it, and it's just not my thing.
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When people ask if I have any advice for young designers, the best advice I could ever give to somebody is to work for someone else, when you are playing with someone else's money. It is very expensive when you start doing it on your own.
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I really, really missed the Pennsylvania countryside and hills.
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I guess I did miss Dante-even though I tried hard to not think about him. The problem with trying hard not to think about something was that you thought about it even more.
