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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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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The bond between the United States and Britain has always been strong. It has survived through war and peace, periods of prosperity and economic hardship.
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Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.
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The striking thing about 'New Girl' is that under all the comedy, there's something about the emotions and reactions that feels very real - much more real than other sitcoms. Like - maybe everybody is sort of laid bare in different ways.
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Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting.
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In films, you work for three to six months, and you're out of the character. But for a daily soap, you don't have that luxury. So the character has to be convincing. Otherwise, your mind is not in it, and you're just working for money, which is a good amount in serials. But I want both: good acting and good money.
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I was Ashallayn'darkmyr Tallyn, son of Mab, former prince of the Unseelie Court, and I was not afraid of a witch on a broom.
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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.
