Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
We counsel you, young men, not to pollute your minds with such degrading matter, for the mind through which this filth passes is never the same afterwards. Don't see R-rated movies or vulgar videos or participate in any entertainment that is immoral, suggestive, or pornographic. Don't listen to music that is degrading.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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I am a mortician who tells you that you don't necessarily need a mortician.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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That's been the most exciting part of the show - incorporating the magic and the acrobats and the singing and dancing to make our 'Pippin.'
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One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.
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When you get out of the Marine Corps, you feel like you can do anything.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.
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I love 'House' - I love 'House' so much.
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I am a happy person and I choose to be a positive person. I think some people think my life has been tragic and there have been these horrible dramas but things really have been, and are, fine.
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I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my work. I do my work; it is up to them to classify it, to judge.
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You do a film for a short time period - you put it all out there and move on.
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Kobe is Kobe. He is one of the best to ever play this game. Given the opportunity, he can embarrass you.
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I'm a pro-growth, small-government conservative with a background in free enterprise.
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I think he was explicit that it was a slave labor situation, but I was not alarmed at that point, because there were so many tragedies involved in that war. That was the first time I had any indication that something was sort of strange.
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I can make 10 jackets of the same colour, same two pockets and same length, that will look like 10 completely different jackets when you put them on. It's about the way they are cut - it makes them look and feel completely different and move differently, and that's a never-ending study. People who wear my clothes will know exactly what I mean.
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It's a very complex sport, so judging is going to be very complex, too. And not everyone is going to agree all the time on who wins a fight.
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There's no one else I would rather have as my manager than my mom because I know that she has our best interests at heart. Sometimes, it's hard to separate manager mode from mom mode. I think as our manager, my mom will get more emotional about situations than she would if she was just our manager.
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We counsel you, young men, not to pollute your minds with such degrading matter, for the mind through which this filth passes is never the same afterwards. Don't see R-rated movies or vulgar videos or participate in any entertainment that is immoral, suggestive, or pornographic. Don't listen to music that is degrading.
