Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.

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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You look at 'Arrested Development' or 'Community,' we're constantly either deconstructing genre or tone. We like to say it's like being a mad scientist: you get to play in a laboratory and experiment with directions to take narrative in.

Joe Russo

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In a way, I started 'Goon Squad' not even realizing I was writing a book. I thought I was just writing a few stories to stall before starting this other book that I wanted to write - or thought I wanted to write: I still haven't written it.

Jennifer Egan

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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

John F. Kennedy

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Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and in the forest I found, without consciously thinking about it, that it was a great learning experience for me in terms of organizing elements.

John Sexton

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Where do we invest our trust now? In politicians? Most people would say not. In banks, in religion, in a sense of nationhood? In each other? Even that has been complicated. It feels like there's a total collapse of trust, but without trust, it's impossible to have any sense of who one is.

Mike Bartlett

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The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

Josephine Baker

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We go to several farms and look at foraging, and throw backyard parties with friends. We want to let people know they can enjoy a sense of Tuscany anywhere.

Debi Mazar

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My mother became a casting director, and she cast me in a soap opera called 'One Life to Live.' I was, like, 8 years old, playing a kid who had hurt himself on a skateboard. I had, like, three lines. I did the lines, and everybody in the studio applauded - I was immediately hooked after that. I was like, 'This is the life for me.'

Christian Slater

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I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.

Antonio Banderas

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I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

Annie Lennox

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I was a scam artist in high school for a while.

Scott Caan

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I needed freedom to really express myself. That's really what Justified is about.

Justin Timberlake

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