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It's the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and that's what matters. ↗

— Peter Benenson

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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

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Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#against #decision #differ #everyone #exposed

The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards, so the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur backwards. ↗

— Roberto Benigni

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Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

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Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching. ↗

— Alan Bennett

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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

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America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world. ↗

— William Bennett

#democracy #export #human #human rights #noblest

The shameful never have dear friends. ↗

— Isaac de Benserade

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I was a catastrophe at Science and Games, but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which you show an aptitude. ↗

— Richard Rodney Bennett

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