Benjamin Rush Quotes
Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.
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My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother's closet' that is right down the hall from my bedroom. She has vintage Comme des Garcons dresses that I feel so elegant wearing.
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I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.
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Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.
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I think it's our job to create a culture and an environment where a gay player knows he is safe and welcome. If and when that happens, believe me - that person will have the full support of the commissioner's office.
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Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.
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When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.
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I could list hundreds of words I've come up against in the course of my work that did not exist in the era of which I was writing and for which I never could find a suitably old-time, archaic or obsolete substitute.
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I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.
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We can never say it often or loudly enough: Immigrants and refugees revitalize and renew America.
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The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
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I don't know about five guys against the world. It's more like five guys against these three chords, and we're gonna wrestle 'em down no matter what it takes.
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There've been a few mother-daughter movies that are somewhat realistic. But the mother-son movies are more comical than realistic: 'Throw Momma from the Train,' 'Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot.' You don't sit in the dark and go, 'Oh my God, that's my mother.'
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My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.
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Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don't be intimidated. Read your Bible. That's really given me strength, and it will give you strength. Pray, and use God's name, Jehovah. And never tell a lie, ever.
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AND THEN SOME... these three little words are the secret to success. People that follow this are thoughtful of others; considerate and kind...and then some. They are good friends and neighbors...and then some. I am thankful for people like this, for they make the world a better place. Their spirit of service is summed up in these three little words...AND THEN SOME.
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I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't serious because I was smart. I wasn't like a true troublemaker, just rambunctious - like, talkative and trying to be funny. That was me in middle-school.
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Our journey is not complete until all our children... know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm.
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Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.
