Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.
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Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to substance of the body and not to its form, while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.
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No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.
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I don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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He was a man, he always performed his promises.
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A true man hates no one.
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I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman - not me, not Bill, nobody - more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.
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The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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No damn man kills me and lives.
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The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.
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I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.
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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.
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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
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A man becomes the creature of his uniform.
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I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable.
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It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.
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It's usually so fraught when you're taking a picture. I work with an 8-by-10 view camera and there's a, you know, hood that I put over my head, and it's tricky and complicated.
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Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.