Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
Sometimes I think my father has all these scars. On his heart. In his head. All over. It’s not such an easy thing to be the son of a man who’s been to war.
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Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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Sound-wise, I'm really limitless in the way I write songs. Whatever comes out, comes out. Every song is completely different.
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I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.
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Change is something that is expected and, therefore, not resisted.
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I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.
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AIDS had won gays sympathy; they no longer seemed the privileged brats that the general populace had resented in the 1970s.
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Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.
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My own death threats have declined considerably.
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And sure th' Eternal Master foundHis single talent well employ'd.
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Only a fool can't be fooled.
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The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.
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We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.
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I'm tall with broad shoulders. And my waist is small. I'm into fashion, so I like the way clothes lay on me. I'm pretty much a normal person's size, just stretched out.
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For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.
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The goal is to get out there and do the best we can. There are always a lot of strong teams and strong riders and all you can really worry about is how you and your team do because you cannot worry about what everyone else is doing.
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He is and may be but oh! He is, he is, This foundling of the infected past, so bright, So moving in the manner of his hand. Yet look not at his colored eyes. Give him No names. Dismiss him from your images. The hot of him is purest in the heart.
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Any team that has Shade as their leader is bound to have a pretty directionless quality. But when Cyborg asks Shade to gather the Secret Seven together and help him stop the war between Wonder Woman and Aquaman, Shade agrees - albeit reluctantly.
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I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.
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Sometimes I think my father has all these scars. On his heart. In his head. All over. It’s not such an easy thing to be the son of a man who’s been to war.
