William Bennett Quotes
In the battle for preserving sound social and moral norms, many religious institutions can no longer be counted as allies.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
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We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
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If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am! My size is a huge part of me.
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.
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In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.
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During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
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They aren't interested in the fact that whenever they kick up dirt, the dirt rubs off on every one of us.
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I really see the vocation of politics like I see every vocation - whether it's being a reporter or serving in public life or being a plumber - as an extension of ministry.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back to the simple principles, which we're so anxious not to see.
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Modern materialists and religious extremists alike lack the spiritual animistic reverence for non-human beings that every culture once understood as a given.
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In the battle for preserving sound social and moral norms, many religious institutions can no longer be counted as allies.
