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Why read the Book of Mormon? Because angels do not come on trivial errands.


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True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does.

True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does.



What on earth have a man's name, degree, academic position, and of all things, opinions, to do with whether a thing is true?

What on earth have a man's name, degree, academic position, and of all things, opinions, to do with whether a thing is true?



Why do people feel guilty about TV? What is wrong with it? Just this: it shuts out all the wonderful things of which the mind is capable, leaving it drugged in a state of thoughtless stupor.

Why do people feel guilty about TV? What is wrong with it? Just this: it shuts out all the wonderful things of which the mind is capable, leaving it drugged in a state of thoughtless stupor.



Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.

Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.



No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.

No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.



[Eve] sees through Satan's disquise of clever hypocrisy, identifies him, and exposes him for what he is...[ever since Satan has] had it in for women.

[Eve] sees through Satan's disquise of clever hypocrisy, identifies him, and exposes him for what he is...[ever since Satan has] had it in for women.



Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection.

Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection.



The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large.

The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large.



You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit

You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit



The Book of Mormon is an inexhaustible encyclopedia of knowledge.

The Book of Mormon is an inexhaustible encyclopedia of knowledge.





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Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

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At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.

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It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new.

It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new.



If I define my neighbor as the one I must go out to look for, on the highways and byways, in the factories and slums, on the farms and in the mines, then my world changes.

If I define my neighbor as the one I must go out to look for, on the highways and byways, in the factories and slums, on the farms and in the mines, then my world changes.



I'm not trying to become popular.

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I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that's for sure.

I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that's for sure.



Eventually though, I'd like to have my own production company. Then I could create great opportunities not only for myself, but for other actors as well

Eventually though, I'd like to have my own production company. Then I could create great opportunities not only for myself, but for other actors as well



I will, then, always love sin and the world until I truly sense that Christ is better.

I will, then, always love sin and the world until I truly sense that Christ is better.




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