Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
When we set goals we are in command. If we know where we are going, we can judge more accurately where we are now and make effective plans to reach our destination.
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I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.
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A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.
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It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
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When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.
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I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest.
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Then India, everyone has his own idea of India.
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I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.
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Whether it is television or film, the character on the page has to speak to me.
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From the male perspective, when commitment is associated with diamonds and mortgages, promises of love can feel like promises of payment.
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I try not to obsess about recording. I'm definitely the one who will leave all the mistakes-to have that balance between what's undone and done. I try to move on to the next thing. I have friends who have been working on the same song for five, six years. They just won't let the songs go.
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Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
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I really enjoy being behind the camera. A ton of projects I've done that are my most favorite projects would be where I actually executive produce and I'm behind the camera.
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I think the legacy of the space station will be that we can do something this technically complex in an international way.
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I came from a family of extremely old money, and so by the time I was born, there was really just a trickle of money left.
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Gains achieved at great cost against our enemy in Afghanistan are reversible.
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One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.
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A woman can be demure, lady-like and the most prim and proper character, and still have a toughness and resiliency as apparent as a superhero-type female character or a warrior or soldier type. It's all about the story, the character, and the course of events in that piece of work and how that character is presented.
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It all started when I went to this model search in Charlotte when I was 18. That's when I met all these agents and realized I could do it, and I won! I met a photographer at the competition who persuaded me to sign with a different agency than the one that was offered to me. So, I started with a small agency and eventually moved up to IMG.
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I was a pretty lousy bass player. But the band I was in couldn't find a bass player in our small town and it was more important to have a bass than keyboards, so that's what I did.
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My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones.
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I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.
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When we set goals we are in command. If we know where we are going, we can judge more accurately where we are now and make effective plans to reach our destination.
