Brigham Young Quotes
The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity.
 
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	The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.   
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	I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.   
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	A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.   
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	If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.   
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	The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.   
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	You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.   
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	I know I look super young.   
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	Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.   
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	There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.   
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	When I graduated college, I had a fairly successful weekly club gig and was buying more studio equipment and writing my own music. I realized I didn't want to work.   
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	I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.   
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	I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.   
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	Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it.   
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	One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.   
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	I had saved a lot of money working at Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Chip Cookies, ushering at the Golden Gate Theatre, and doing odd jobs so I could live in New York for a few months. If it ran out, I would have to give up and go home. It turned out OK. I got my Equity card and started working.   
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	The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.   
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	It is God who gives us the opportunity to win and to get victories.   
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	I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?   
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	It may seem unfashionable to say so, but historians should seize the imagination as well as the intellect. History is, in a sense, a story, a narrative of adventure and of vision, of character and of incident. It is also a portrait of the great general drama of the human spirit.   
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	When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.   
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	Men are rarely questioned on their spouses or their partners, and nor should they be. And the question to ask is why is this done to women?   
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	Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.   
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	Once you realize there is a Higher Power, you know you're not alone, that you have a purpose on the planet. You control your destiny instead of letting the day lead you where it may. You seize it, take it and lead it.   
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	The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					