Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
You see, the thing with adults is that respect is just a word they use to guilt us nonadults into doing what they want us to do.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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I am very much a Republican.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
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I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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My father always told me, 'Before you become a queen, you have to learn how to take care of your own things.' So I knew how to do all of it, but I had never really done it on a daily basis. So I was cleaning houses, and I started working restaurants.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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Kids and adults are treated differently on sets. Being a kid, you can get away with anything, and it looks cute. But as an adult, it's a whole new journey.
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I don't think I'm better than everyone else at anything, but I am very quick at organizing a big mass of interview tape into a structure.
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Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward.
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I love seeing the light go on in aspiring writers' eyes when you point out ways to improve their prose or their story - when they get it.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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I believe if you start a business with the intent of making it huge, you're already prioritizing the wrong thing. Size is important, but it's a byproduct of a whole bunch of other things that are worth way more of your mental energy - customers, service, quality.
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With 'Delirium,' I had to spend time thinking about the political, social and religious structure of a different world. But it was a fun challenge.
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You see, the thing with adults is that respect is just a word they use to guilt us nonadults into doing what they want us to do.
