Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
He knew that an angel would give his mother a light, because she’d been good. And she would share the light with his father. Because that’s the way she was.
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I can't pretend to be a teenager, but I feel like I never really stopped being a teenager.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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Have the courage to act instead of react.
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If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.
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Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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I also care that the public are getting their 12 dollars worth when they go to a movie, and that they're not coming out not wanting to ever see a movie with me in it again. I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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WWE doesn't owe us anything.
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It's great to be mean, it is, it's fun.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.
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It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person's life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it's a little comedy surprise.
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The pain of powerlessness is excruciating. It is the most painful experience in the earth school, and everyone shares it.
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I try not to brand myself 'weird' any more because it sticks.
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The cry for the national home for the Jews does not make much appeal to me. The sanction for it is sought in the Bible and the tenacity with which the Jews have hankered after return to Palestine. Why should they not, like other peoples of the earth, make that country their home where they are born and where they earn their livelihood?
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He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.
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People ask me if I ever see my father and I say yes, because he puts in the effort. He calls all the time to tell us he's proud of us.
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My father was Mickey Katz, who worked with Spike Jones and then went on to improvise some successful Yiddish parodies, some of which I perform. My favorite was 'Geshray of the Vilde Kotchke,' his version of 'Cry of the Wild Goose.'
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He knew that an angel would give his mother a light, because she’d been good. And she would share the light with his father. Because that’s the way she was.
