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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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
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Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.
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I care about strangers when they're abstractions, but I feel almost nothing when they're literally in front of me.
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Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check. I fondled it for about five minutes and then sent it back. I told her I couldn't accept money from strangers.
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True she was old, true she was unbeautiful, true she therefore had no reason to smile, but kind ladies smiled, reason or no. They smiled not because they were happy but because they wished to make happy.
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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.
