A. C. Benson Quotes
What a strange power the perception of beauty is! It seems to ebb and flow like some secret tide, independent alike of health and disease, of joy or sorrow. There are times in our lives when we seem to go singing on our way, and when the beauty of the world sets itself like a quiet harmony to the song we uplift.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.
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I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.
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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut track repetitions and hill repeats that buckle your knees - at that moment in almost every race when you ask yourself how much you're willing to hurt to catch one more runner - you can draw strength and inspiration from your running mates.
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The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen to avoid. Yet that is precisely what Obamacare does: It forces Americans without health insurance to purchase coverage. Such a requirement is unprecedented and unconstitutional.
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We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means-all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity.
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Wealthier countries have the luxury of entertaining fears the rest of the world cannot afford.
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I know how guys talk, so I'm not easily offended. Guys can fight and be best friends five minutes later. Women have to air it out, hold on to it, work on it.
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What a strange power the perception of beauty is! It seems to ebb and flow like some secret tide, independent alike of health and disease, of joy or sorrow. There are times in our lives when we seem to go singing on our way, and when the beauty of the world sets itself like a quiet harmony to the song we uplift.
