Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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'Scott Pilgrim' is something that was a little bit more difficult to put in one box. But, to me, that's not necessarily a bad thing about the movie.
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As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you!
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I actually hate shopping.
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A new understanding of power is replacing our old understanding of power as the ability to manipulate and control. The old understanding of power has become counterproductive to our evolution. What used to be good medicine has become poisonous. Pursuit of the ability to manipulate and control now produces only violence and destruction.
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I just feel like I'm such a normal person in an industry that is so chaotic and crazy. I am what I am, and I can't change it. And I don't want to change it.
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Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
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I have this view that losing weight is easy, keeping it off is hard because keeping it off is the discipline.
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Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.
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If I don’t speak truth I can’t seek truth.
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For me, art has neither past nor future. All I have ever made was for the present.
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A totally unmystical world would be a world totally blind and insane.
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We are what we eat, so I eat as many veggies as I can!
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It's truly disheartening to me to see so many beautiful women who have no idea what their potential is.
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I've seen the impact of deportation in my district. It is heartbreaking to see families torn apart for no good reason.
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With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have to imagine more.
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We should be careful and deliberate in how we allow public entry into our vibrant communications marketplace... This is an issue that should be left to our states.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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I love hard work. 'One Man, Two Guvnors' was so physically tiring I ached all the time, but I took a massive amount of pride in the fact that I only ever missed two shows.
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I can document this past week [of presidency] we've put out memos from every agency showing what did we do. Try to be as honest as possible. There's a little hype involved obviously. It's spin because it's our agencies. We feel some pride about it. But tried to be self-critical as well.
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Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
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Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.
