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I firmly believe that if you're going to build in a hundred year flood plain, that's a risk you take . Otherwise I think it's ignorance .


Ben Biermann

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BEN HECHT Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk,...
BEN JOHNSON As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.
BEN BRADLEE Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
BEN JONSON To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
BEN JONSON