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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790

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Kindness Yourself You Ready Done He

The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.

Become Invested Iraqis

In my experience, men are not necessarily less sensitive or compassionate than women are, and women are not necessarily any less aggressive or competitive than men are - as a matter of fact, often they are more so!

Women Experience Men Matter More

Being 'ethnically ambiguous', as I was pegged in the industry, meant I could audition for virtually any role. Morphing from Latina when I was dressed in red, to African American when in mustard yellow, my closet filled with fashionable frocks to make me look as racially varied as an Eighties Benetton poster.

Red Yellow Me American Look Dressed

I never felt settled or calm. You can't really commit to life when you feel that.

Life Calm Feel You Never Commit

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

Dreams God Ground Our Our Dreams

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

Good Future God Hope Darkness Wait

People knew that Murdoch's media estate in the UK was too powerful and it was doing very unpleasant things.

Meredith Whitney

People Doing Media Powerful Things

For me, education has never been simply a policy issue - it's personal. Neither of my parents and hardly anyone in the neighborhood where I grew up went to college. But thanks to a lot of hard work and plenty of financial aid, I had the opportunity to attend some of the finest universities in this country.

Work Hard Work Education Opportunity

I'm very conscious that I'm in the minority in that I love what I do. How big is the number of people who are running to work to do a job that they like? And how lucky to be employed at it - how incredibly lucky.

Work Love Job People Lucky Big

I've never been one to let others decide what's right for me or my children.

Children Me Others Never Right Been

When I first arrived, I likened Congress to being back in school again as a freshman. Well, just like school, we have an 'August recess,' but don't let the name fool you - it's not even close to a vacation.

Fool Vacation School Name You Back

If you win games, at the top, there's no pressure to change. You change when you have to change. You change when you don't win anymore.

Change Win Pressure You Games Top

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