Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
You don't deserve this, Brian." I wanted to shove that phrase into his heart. But I knew he'd always believe that he did deserve what he got.
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came home from work, it was late, and when he left, it was early in the morning. On my days off, I'm still taking my kids to school and picking them up. I do what I have to do to keep that relationship.
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There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
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I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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When people are frightened about going hungry and paying their mortgages, a scarcity model begins to prevail; they fear someone else will get their piece of the pie.
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If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?
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When I don't have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. I'll do something else.
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We like to crystallize something in the audience's brain that makes them say, 'Hey I really want to watch that. I'm really interested in it.'
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There ought to be a law against necessity.
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My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.
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I don't exercise.
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We believe that societies and economies only advance as far as individuals are free to carry them forward. And just as freedom cannot exist when people are imprisoned for their political views, true opportunity cannot exist when people are imprisoned by sickness, or hunger, or darkness.
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Shock 'n' Awe. We bring the BoomWow.13
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In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.
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There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.
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I had an economic system imposed on me.
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Frederick Douglass had charged the air with rebellion and redemption, and these in turn had supported him in the heat of abolitionism. But the atmosphere changed to one of repression after the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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As a chef, a mom, and a member of Team No Kid Hungry, I believe that every child deserves three meals a day, every day.
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You don't deserve this, Brian." I wanted to shove that phrase into his heart. But I knew he'd always believe that he did deserve what he got.
