Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
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There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning.
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive.
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The Church is now more like the Scribes and Pharisees than like Christ... What are now called the 'essential doctrines' of the Christian religion he does not even mention.
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God is going to supply a million dollars, somebody is praying right now, right this second, you’re praying for a million dollars and God said, 'I have heard your prayer, I know your need, and I'm going to supply the need that you requested,' it's done, in Jesus' name.
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Maybe he's growing up.Or maybe he just needed the right circumstances to discover the best in himself.
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Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.
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Learn all the rules... then break them.
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Kids my age never left California. And here I was, going to school with Aboriginal kids in a dream-like location.
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Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.
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I can remember being fascinated by what people really thought about each other and what they were really doing to each other behind people's backs.
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Well, I think it's because I'm an only daughter. I have four brothers, a bunch of guy cousins, and so it's like I was raised amongst men. So I've always gotten along really well with men.
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I love animals and I love working with them because they don't lie.
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In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to be developed by study.
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'I am more inclined to punish Hurtiancz for his crassness,' said Ildefonse. 'But now he simulates a swinish stupidity to escape my anger.''Absolute falsity!' roared Hurtiancz. 'I simulate nothing!'Ildefonse shrugged. 'For all his deficiencies as polemicist and magician, Hurtiancz at least is candid.'
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I did 'Good Morning America' with David Beckham. Oh, god, what a handsome devil that guy is.
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One day, the Devil decided to go out of business. His tools, therefore, being for sale, were put on display; and Malice, Jealousy, and Pride were soon recognized by most of his prospective customers. There was one worn, tiny wedge-shaped tool bearing the highest price, however, which seemed difficult to identify. "What is that?" someone asked. "I can't quite place it." "Oh that!" Satan answered. "That is Discouragement. It is my most valuable tool. With it I can open many hearts, since so few people know that it belongs to me."
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Many people see vulnerability as weakness when it's the only way to truly grow and truly love. Love makes me feel vulnerable. It's like saying, "I'm an open book. Here are my flaws, my strengths, where I fall short, my dreams - and I'm choosing to share them with you."
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There are times when you simply have to righteous hang on and outlast the devil.
