Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
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Usually, if you read a script by somebody else and there's a dense page of stage directions, people just skip through it or speed read it.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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For me, it's always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.
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I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
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During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.
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Twenty-first-century food is going to be real food. Real food is food that is truly nourishing for the consumer, the community, and the planet.
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I was really, really shy when I was a little girl.
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Like a girl, but a girl who had always been a woman.
