Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
I wasn't big on family gatherings. Too many intimate strangers. I smiled a lot, but really I never knew what to say.
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Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.
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When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room.
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Race prejudice is a gift of nature, intended to preserve in purity the various divisions of mankind which the ages have evolved.
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If the lie is large enough, everyone will believe it.
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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The trick to any profession is making it look easy.
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If you were to say to me that you needed a romantic and sentimental song in four hours, I would have that song written in four hours.
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When I spend my time out on the campaign trail, it's usually about what I can do for somebody else. I don't like talking about myself, I don't like the whole atmosphere of how people are judged in American politics too often as to what you say instead of what you do. And so for me it's always about what can I do for you? How can I help you?
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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me...and still is.
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Conservatism and old fogeyism are totally different things; the motto of one is "Prove all things and hold fast that which is good" and of the other "Prove nothing but hold fast that which is old."
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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Life and art had a nice parallel, in the sense of coming together as strangers who are separate in prison who need to work together, getting to know each other.
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Bashir looked up and smiled, wondering why some people seemed to think that if you were reading, they weren’t interrupting anything.
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I had a very important personal point to make with this song I Want Your Sex. I just hated the idea that lust and forbidden excitement could only come with sleaze and strangers.
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I wasn't big on family gatherings. Too many intimate strangers. I smiled a lot, but really I never knew what to say.
