William Benton Clulow Quotes

Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies.

William Benton Clulow

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• All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!

  

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• The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.

  

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• Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.

  

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• The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.

  

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• If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one.

  

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• Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does.

  

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• People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this day they never have changed Mr. Gable's role, or most of them.

  

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• When I was outed on July 14th, 2003, I was, until that moment, covert. That means no one outside of a very small circle knew where I really worked.

  

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• I come from a council estate in Tower Hamlets, and by no means am I the only person who has done well - one of my friends is head of year in a great school in Twickenham. Another is a writer; another is an artist, a musician.

  

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• I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

  

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• When I started selling air conditioners early on, customers were willing to pay an extra 200 yuan to buy from Suning. Why? Service was good.

  

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• It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand.

  

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• But I come here today, Berlin, to say complacency is not the character of great nations.

  

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• It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but not of the world.

  

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• Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies.

  

  William Benton Clulow
  • Knowledge
  • Ignorance
  • Regret