Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth. It is a matter of desire, diligence and determination to see one's family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.

Ezra Taft Benson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: leader
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 4, 1899 - May 30, 1994

Topics

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Private equity investors are an integral part of the economy and should be celebrated for making our country wealthier.

Joe Lonsdale

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Cancer doesn't just happen to me; it happens to my best friend; it happens to everyone who means something in my life... The truth is, it does take a village to take care of somebody who's sick, and so we just, at all times, tried to be authentic to the actual experience we had.

Jessica St. Clair

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I remember seeing a stage version of Plato's 'Symposium' and being really moved because it was written by a man rather than a culture.

John Cameron Mitchell

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I'm not going to put my energy into dunking every time I get the ball. That's stupid.

Andrew Bogut

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I have long been a fan of Holy Ghost! and think they've got the best dance grooves around.

Max Joseph

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If you go back to the history of the 'Madden' game, I was probably on the cover of it half the time. So if I was to believe there was a curse, I would also have to believe I'd been cursed. And I've never had that feeling.

John Madden

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When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots,' and for society, not me, it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion, and I was not.

Anna Deavere Smith

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The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.

Steve Nash

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Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.

Mason Cooley

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I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that's like women too.

Miranda Kerr

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Working as a correspondent for 'Business Week,' I felt that I was simply informing people, not empowering them. I saw a parallel problem in the world of education. In too many educational settings, teachers simply 'inform' or 'instruct' learners, rather than providing learners with opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves.

Mitchel Resnick

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For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

Donnie Wahlberg

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