Benjamin Wittes Quotes
When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast.
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While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star.
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The five patients in 'Rethinking Cancer' share with us the path of their recovery: the courage to take their own lives in their hands with a natural approach to healing their bodies.
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There is a lot of food culture that goes on in the home and in the community in non-traditional ways. Food is a lot more than restaurants.
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I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.
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God cares about you and your needs. Bring them to Him in a spirit of worship and thanksgiving, knowing that He is mindful of your place in His creation.
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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
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In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.
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Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
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There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.
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I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
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I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward.
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Obviously you have to make a profit to put out a newspaper. I'm not an idiot. But when the margins are in excess of 25 per cent you're talking about greed.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to.
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However rich I may have been, I have always lived like a poor man.
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You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place.
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When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast.
