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We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#among #any #circumstances #conversations #easy

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#call #differ #manners #ours #savages

I remember going for the first time to a place called The Roxy in New York because you can see people breakdancing there. That's the only reason I went! It's amazing, kids are still doing that. ↗

— Chris Frantz

#because #called #doing #first #first time

I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#fiction #find #historical #historical fiction #i

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

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We may freak out globally, but we suffer locally. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#globally #locally #may #out #suffer

Two years later, I went to the University of Minnesota from which I was on leave for several years during the war as a member of Statistical Research Group at Columbia University. ↗

— George Stigler

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Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#change #changes #economic #economic change #heart

The battle had been as hideous as you might expect between one side who were simply not afraid to die and another who regarded death as merely a door to the eternal life. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#battle #death #hideous #life #paul-hoffman

I've always loved Christmas and that's not really gone away from me from being a child to now. It's always a magical time and I'm unashamed in my love for Christmas. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#away #being #child #christmas #gone