A. C. Benson Quotes

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

A. C. Benson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 24, 1862 - June 17, 1925

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We typically hear numbers that there are 34 million households that are in stocks in some form. Well, I say that what's occurred is if you have a job in this country, you're in stocks.

Jim Cramer

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A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

John Lubbock

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Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public television.

Michael Medved

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Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.

Lisel Mueller

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Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

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The Missourians I hear from just don't buy the idea that the only way to tackle the national debt is to drastically alter Medicare and Social Security.

Claire McCaskill

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My brother and I would wrestle in my grandparents' living room; that was our spot.

Seth Rollins

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The highest-caliber dramatic work produced for TV - not just in cable but something like 'The Good Wife' at network - is consistently great.

Todd Haynes

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Self-belief? My parents gave it to me.

Tippi Hedren

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Since its founding in 1854, Penn State has proven to be a leading institution of higher learning.

Tim Holden

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Everything I've always done has been for the sole purpose of increasing my lovemaking output. A lot of guys won't admit that, but I do. I just want to make love.

Rick Fox

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The most important thing for any performer is to know your own weaknesses. It's much more important to know what you can't do than what you can do.

Richard Bonynge

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