Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes!
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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Without knowing about flexibility, one cannot work out strategies to deal with the enemy and prepare for changes, and without knowing about the foundation of one's own culture, one would be contemptuous of the Confucian ethical codes.
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I love elephants! It's my favorite animal.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday.
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See, Ebola, like all threats to humanity, it's fueled by mistrust and distraction and division. When we build barriers amongst ourselves, and we fight amongst ourselves, the virus thrives. But unlike all threats to humanity, Ebola is one where we're actually all the same. We're all in this fight together.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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I take a lot of pictures.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream.
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There are a lot of things you can do in space, and space essentially is unlimited resources. We are climbing over ourselves here looking for the next source of energy. The universe has an unlimited source of energy.
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Boxing is about hunger.
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Life throws many curve balls, and if you don't swing... you're never going to hit any!
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I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I tried to make it as a musician. I lived in a big squalid house full of dudes outside of Boston. We were all musicians. We built this studio in the basement and played there all hours of the day.
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Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry must decline.
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Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes!
