Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
We have a sacred responsibility to fulfill the threefold mission of the Church—first, to teach the gospel to the world; second, to strengthen the membership of the Church wherever they may be; third, to move forward the work of salvation for the dead.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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A brief short story may require only a few paragraphs after the climax. On the other hand, in his massive novel 'The World According to Garp,' John Irving's denouement consisted of 10 separate sections, each devoted to an individual character's fate and each almost a story in itself.
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It's so easy to look foolish online.
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I always have to have a six pack or twelve pack of Entenmann's doughnuts in my house, no other brand.
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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
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Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it.
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Let's treat this country first and foremost.
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Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder.
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He'll never fall in loveHe swears, as he runs his fingers through his hair.I'm laughing 'cause I hope he's wrong.And I don't think it ever crossed his mind.He tells a joke, I fake a smileThat I know all his favorite songs.
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Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.
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Saint, n. A dead sinner, revised and edited.
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I think philanthropy is so much more in keeping with spirit of shouting someone out than a material reward.
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I am weary of happiness, both as a word and as a concept.
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I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic.
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I've always been interested in UFOs.
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We have a sacred responsibility to fulfill the threefold mission of the Church—first, to teach the gospel to the world; second, to strengthen the membership of the Church wherever they may be; third, to move forward the work of salvation for the dead.
