Benjamin Franklin Quotes

The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Benjamin Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I can't perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it'll distract from the whole persona.

MF Doom

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People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it.

John Roos

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You have to evolve. Stagnation breeds boredom.

Matt Bellamy

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I grew up in a family where law was in the air we were breathing.

David Zabel

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I can play the harmonica with my nose.

Chord Overstreet

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CEOs are often chief product officers. But for me to say I'm a chief product officer when my product is a community, I really should be thinking of myself as head of this community.

Brian Chesky

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Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend their point of view. You're fighting for what they want. You learn that in acting school - it's Acting 1A: 'What do you want? What's in the way?'

Annette Bening

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He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

William Penn

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I can give you a 'Selfish,' and I can still come give you, like, a 'Jealous.' I'm coming from the streets, but I can still give you personal situations and relationships that I've been in with females. You just never know; I'm just coming different.

PnB Rock

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I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot.

Scott Adkins

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Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

Richard M. Nixon

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The bottom-line message of history is that if you're doubling and tripling your money in record time, you're also more likely to lose it all.

Kurt Eichenwald

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