Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
Your body is nothing but a money machine. That’s the way it is. We’re all just prostitutes.
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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My first album was The Doobie Brothers... 'Captain and Me.' You always remember your first!
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That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.
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When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people saying, 'I hate Rap or Techno' I rush to it.
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Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.
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I believe every translation is a process in which something is lost in the original precisely so that something is gained in the new text.
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I had a born-again experience at the age of 33. As a result of that I found a church where I felt I was being fed properly. I don't say that as a reflection on Catholicism. But once I was born again, I got an evangelical spirit.
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Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it's starting a new business, whether it's leaving home, whether it's getting married, or whether it's flying in space.
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We have misunderstood, misread, misplanned and mismanaged our honorable intentions in Iraq with an arrogant self-delusion reminiscent of Vietnam.
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My mission is to suffer for all those who suffer without knowing it. I must pay for them, expiate their unconsciousness, their luck to be ignorant of how unhappy they are.
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One thing I'm with Trump on is the political correctness in this country. It's draining.
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There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won't enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external 'freedom' in the world won't liberate you, if you are chained inside.
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I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancer's body and had these crazy high arches in my feet that resulted in an amazing point. Ballet was very disciplined and, frankly, a little boring, so I eventually transitioned to gymnastics. I loved that, although I never reached a competitive level.
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If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.
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Violent resistance and nonviolent resistance share one very important thing in common: They are both a form of theater seeking an audience to their cause.
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I was drafted and went to Korea where I had an opportunity to create a production team that did dramatic and comedy shows. I had also done a little disc jockeying.
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Your body is nothing but a money machine. That’s the way it is. We’re all just prostitutes.
