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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Corruption does not so much rot the masses: it poisons Congress. Credit-Mobilier and money rings are not housed under thatched roofs: they flaunt at the Capitol. As usual in chemistry, the scum floats uppermost.
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There is no inherent contradiction between being right-wing and being intelligent.
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It's pretty funny to me when I hear people say, 'I write six songs every day,' or, 'I turn out a song a day.' I bet you that's a whole week of bad songs.
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I'm a big believer that your life is basically a sum of all the choices you make. The better your choices, the better opportunity to lead a happy life.
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Now that I'm a parent, I understand why my father was in a bad mood a lot.
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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.
