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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Man Wishes Double Half Would He

I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy.

Melissa McCarthy

I Am Find Princess Want Am Creepy

Sometimes I - with comedy, it's like someone liking you in high school. They either do, or they don't. And when they don't, they don't. And that's it. There are no appeals. You show up, and you're like, 'Hi! I'm -' and you stumble, and they're like, 'It's over.'

School High School Comedy Someone Up

We once believed we were auteurs, but we weren't. We had no idea, really. Film is over. It's sad nobody is really exploring it. But what to do? And anyway, with mobile phones and everything, everyone is now an auteur.

Jean-Luc Godard

Sad Nobody Now Phones Exploring

Life delivered me a catastrophe, but I found a richness of soul.

Life Soul Me Found Catastrophe

Julianne Moore and Michael Keaton began in 1980s soap operas and 1970s sitcoms, respectively, such ancient history by show business standards that you need carbon dating to measure their careers.

Business History Dating You Measure

I think we get a little carried away with ourselves with sports thinking we're more important than everything else.

Sports Think Thinking Important More

When you close a tab or when you finish an article on the web, it's gone unless you go back into your history or search for it or explicitly try to find it. Apps on your phone have this special property: they hang around. In some ways, they're more like a book on a bookshelf than they are like web pages.

History Book Search You Find Phone

Music's always been a huge part of my life, and my first record came out in 1981.

Life Music My Life First Always Out

They almost ran me off the road several times. There are so many chances that they take to get the right photo.

Me Road Right Take Get Chances

I'd always keep going back to the acting. Once the rent was paid, and the phone bill, the next money you had was for acting classes.

Dennis Christopher

Money Keep Going You Phone Acting

When I left high school, my dad was directing a film, and I went to work for him as a P.A. There were two wonderful editors, Bud Isaacs and Bernie Balmuth, working on the project, and every chance I had, I would go to the editing room to watch and learn from them.

Christopher Rouse

Work School Chance High School Learn

Anyone who works in the arts knows, if you're writing a novel or a play or anything, you have to be ready for someone to say, 'Your time is up.'

Time Writing Someone You Ready Play

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