Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
Pride is characterized by "What do I want out of life?" rather than by "What would God have me do with my life?" It is self-will as opposed to God's will. It is the fear of man over the fear of God.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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The Hispanic population in this country is not a monolith. When you're in Miami, the newscast is going to be different from the newscast in Los Angeles.
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I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road.
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God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
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Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
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The language of ideas creates a different universe: a universe which has multiplied the monkey's vocabulary of forty words to the million words in the English dictionary.
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The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.
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Nature is one. There is only one truth in life. We have a single universe, which has a sole creator.
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Indeed, the economy and the environment need not be seen in opposition.
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I run year-round and then ramp up my training for a race a few months before.
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Soho is a gritty former mercantile area that has, of course, evolved into the most bourgeois neighborhood in New York.
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I'm never going to forget Wellston. It's where I grew up. It's my heart and my pride. The people are great here. I'm going to give back. I was born and raised here. I'm a humble person. The community knows that. I want to build it back to how it was and be a happier place than it was.
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I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't do what they do, but reading them gives me hope that I'll learn something from them.
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I have butterflies in my stomach.
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The core constituency that Republicans must satisfy in high court nominations is the party's social conservative base, which fundamentally cares about issues, not diversity, and has accepted white men who practice the judging it admires.
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People are increasingly concerned about unemployment, but Republicans have nothing to offer them.
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I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions.
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Pride is characterized by "What do I want out of life?" rather than by "What would God have me do with my life?" It is self-will as opposed to God's will. It is the fear of man over the fear of God.
