Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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I've never been a partier.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.
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I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
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I like routine.
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When people talk about the great quarterbacks, it's almost exclusively the guys who have won Super Bowls. There have been some very good ones who hardly get mentioned because they never won the big one. I don't know if that's fair, but that's the way it is.
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But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.
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But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship.
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Random things are luxurious to people. It's personal.
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My favorite fall or winter lunch is big steaming bowls of soup. I usually invite people for around 12:30 and have two hearty soups like shrimp corn chowder and lentil sausage soup, which can be made a day or two ahead.
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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
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I didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish, I fought the fight for the people. We're all God's children. I don't see color. I'm not a racist When I look at Gerry Cooney, I just see a man trying to take my head off.
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The prose writer drags meaning along with a rope, the poet makes it stand out and hit you.
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Art transcends its limitations only by staying within them.
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The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified.
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You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any economist's analysis.
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I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it.
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I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.
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Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.
