Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
Successful families try to work together toward solutions instead of resorting to criticism and contention.
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What do we lose without wild animal acts at the circus? Absolutely nothing, except the opportunity to be haunted and heartbroken.
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I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.
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Stay in your heart.
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After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second glass you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.
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The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.
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I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.
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The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good.
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We are faced with the dilemma of how or if we demonstrate where we stand on critical issues and corresponding social ills. We are also bombarded with so many instances of inhumanity that it can be difficult to determine what part we play in human progress.
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I think growing up in such a small town - before cell phones, before the Internet, before Facebook, before we had access to people's interiors - there was a great deal of space between people's lives. I spent a lot of time imagining into the lives of the people I grew up with.
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I don't give interviews on Chanel because it is not useful for the Chanel business.
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I have never been over fond of scenes anywhere.
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I always believe in the projects I do.
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Individualism. Narcissism. Value-free choices. These are all key elements in the decline of the practice of mutual accountability in Western churches, among clergy and laity alike.
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I try to bring myself to every role. The last thing you want to seem like to other people is a talking head or an actor reading lines.
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I don't really like conflict at all, and I really find conflict pretty devastating. I try to avoid it at all costs.
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There are enough tears in any child's life; we certainly don't need to add to them in the name of entertainment.
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I have two fathers.
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I have more nuclear physicists living in my district than in any other district.
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I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want.
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I'm no stranger to criticism. You're never going to be good enough, or just the right thing in everybody's eyes.
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I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.
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Successful families try to work together toward solutions instead of resorting to criticism and contention.
