Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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Teach For China recruits top American and Chinese college graduates, like 26-year-old Yang Xiao, to teach in the country's most disadvantaged schools.
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In my race, there's 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and it's what you do, you know.
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He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed.
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I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the actors that have to deliver that material.
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You still got that light in your eye,And our day is comin’ by and by.I’m travellin’ this long road here with you;We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.
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My retirement date, every time you ask me that, I'm going to say five years. I don't want to retire.
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'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s.
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I'm very lighthearted, outgoing, friendly, and funny, so I like to try new things.
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I just don't feel limited by genre.
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Lead by example. Women often wait for permission instead of acting, and I try to encourage bold action.
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I said yes too much. I said yes to certain projects that weren't for me. It was somebody else's vision and somebody else's dream and somebody else's artistic endeavor, but it didn't necessarily fit in my grand scheme.
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'Let the Bullets Fly' indeed attracted an audience, but how it did this is also a question for me.
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We're living in a time where I think most people are wanting someone to invite them respectfully to a policy position, not try to just slash and burn the other person.
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I love New York. I love L.A. too. I love both places.
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Like most manic depressives, some of my symptoms included racing thoughts that I simply had to act upon - flying from New York to Paris and taking the train to Berlin; flying to Argentina in the middle of the night; spending tens of thousands of dollars on unnecessary garments, dinners and gifts.
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I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.
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It's easier to stay in shape than to fluctuate.
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My favourite thing in the world is going out to get Chinese food, then coming home and renting a movie.
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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
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A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.
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With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.
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I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.
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Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.
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You’re such a school teacher.
