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Too much of anything, even a good thing, may prove to be our undoing...[We] need ...to set definite boundaries on our appetites.

William Bennett

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William Bennett
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 3
Former United States Secretary Of Education
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Brooklyn
New York
William John Bennett
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