Benjamin Franklin Quotes
The Way to ſee by Faith is to ſhut the Eye of Reaſon: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.
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There's always going to be a part of me that worries about not looking as slim as other actresses.
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So, I get a kick out of working with the media.
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'FlashForward' was on the outs when I was approached with 'Happy Endings.' I literally got the script on a Friday, and on Saturday morning I met with David Caspe, Jamie Tarses, and the Russo brothers. I took the role on that Saturday, and on Monday I was doing a table read. It all happened very fast, but it was super exciting.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbians have the rights of citizenship that afford them visitations to hospitals, that allow them to be, to transfer property between partners, to make certain that they're not discriminated on the job.
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In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with cats. And I felt more comfortable with girls, I didn't really like hanging out with guys. When I was about ten or eleven, I was friendlier with the girls in my school than with the guys.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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We never had a huge squad and we never had a great deal of choice. But in many ways that helps because you've got to make do with what you've got. You don't have too many problems about picking the team you just hope that everyone turns up on the day.
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I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.
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This is America. Success is not guaranteed.
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Sometimes when we have so much going on, it's easy to forsake the things that seem like personal luxuries - for example, our morning run. But it isn't a luxury at all, when it is the thing that allows us and empowers us to face everything else.
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Faith is contagious when we show it to one another.
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Records are the only thing that remain of an athlete, the only thing that people will remember. If I want to ensure that people don't forget me, I can only stop once I've set the bar as high as possible for anyone coming after me.
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The Way to ſee by Faith is to ſhut the Eye of Reaſon: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.
