Jack Benny Quotes
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In the jungle, every day is like the other. So you need to have a special discipline to make things different and to keep in your memory the dates and the days. And I think that's something that's very important when you are held hostage.
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
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Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.
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I think everybody can relate to loving somebody and them bringing out a wild side in you.
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There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a denial of the purpose of the negotiations.
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I learned life from some good teachers.
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The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.
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Any nation has the right and will indeed defend herself.
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I. Hate. Excuses. Excuses are a disease.
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In my mind, the plays I was writing were extreme examples of art for art's sake. I didn't necessarily think that other people would love them, though I thought they probably would.
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If China was like the moon, then arriving in Saudi Arabia was Mars. At least you can see the moon from Earth.
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Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.
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Love is the song of the soul, singing to God.
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IRENE ROSENBAUM: ...'you Americans do not rear children, you incite them; you give them food and shelter and applause'...
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If swindling pays, then it will not stop. The definition of the good society is one in which virtue pays. I can now add a slight variation on this; you cannot have a good society unless virtue pays. But here we get very close to the whole subject of metaneeds, and also of the ideal conditions where dichotomies are resolved and transcended.
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There is little life where no one will listen. These are fathers, sons and families who are needlessly lost.
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Obama White House rescued the economy from the worst recession.
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I have a lot of respect for people, and I feel they are far more sensible and responsible than to ape or imitate somebody.
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The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.
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We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.
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I do think the idea that basic cooking skills are a virtue, that the ability to feed yourself and a few others with proficiency should be taught to every young man and woman as a fundamental skill, should become as vital to growing up as learning to wipe one's own ass, cross the street by oneself, or be trusted with money.
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I don't believe in frontiers, and I don't believe in races or nationalities.
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Bob: This is rather strange for me, I'm on the major network. mouths ABC
