Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
And then I knew that I would have to relearn the meaning of every word I had ever learned. I would have to learn how to translate all those words. Thousands of them. Millions of them. And then I smiled and felt the tears running down my face. Finally I understood. It wasn’t the words that mattered. It was me. I mattered. So now I would have to fight to translate myself back into the world of the living.
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All over the world, people are looking at India and saying 'wow', and that's because we have begun to say 'wow' ourselves.
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
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In neurotics, worm phobias are usually found as well as snake phobias.
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So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write.
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Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.
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Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
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I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights.
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I don't like the mentality that comes with rich Russian men. Because they have money, they think they can buy a woman - and they do.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.
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I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat.
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I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.
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We have sectors of the economy, aerospace is a good example, where Britain's probably the second country in the world, the automobile sector, where we've done extraordinarily well, an enormous amount of investment over the last couple of years, life sciences is another.
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Faith is important to me.
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People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything to walk. And it's probably a lot cheaper to go to the corner store and buy vegetables than take a family out for fast food.
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Creativity is down the tube. And people give a lot of lip service to individuality. I know they all appreciate it, but they all say they would like to do it, but they don't want to work at it, and it doesn't come out of the sky.
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Safety is in Heaven. Put your values there only; put your heart there. No tears are there to flood your heart, no sorrows there to break it, no losses there to grieve and embitter.
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Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I'll share the formula I learned while forging my way forward as a full-time painter for forty-four years. The steps all break down to one simple sentence: Make art that connects with enough folks for you to earn a splendid living.
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I think a single woman's biggest problem is coping with the people who are trying to marry her off!
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Danger Mouse is now working on a bunch of other records, translating his ideas about remixing into all sorts of other projects.
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And then I knew that I would have to relearn the meaning of every word I had ever learned. I would have to learn how to translate all those words. Thousands of them. Millions of them. And then I smiled and felt the tears running down my face. Finally I understood. It wasn’t the words that mattered. It was me. I mattered. So now I would have to fight to translate myself back into the world of the living.
