#pen

As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

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I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#achieve #am #assure #committee #confirmed

If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy's greatest contribution to general economic prosperity and maximum employment. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#colleagues #committee #confident #confirmed #contribution

Well, optimism's a good thing. It - makes people go out and - you know, start businesses and spend and do whatever is necessary to get the economy going. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#businesses #economy #get #go #going

It's not name dropping, but not many people can say, like me, that they spent the day with the likes of Francis Bacon or that boring drunk Dylan Thomas. You don't forget things like that. ↗

— Jeffrey Bernard

#boring #day #dropping #drunk #dylan

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#begets #creates #energy #life #oneself

If we stop exploring space, we're going to lose the same part of us that found vaccines and penicillin, the part that searches for cures to cancer and AIDS. ↗

— Corbin Bernsen

#cancer #cures #exploring #found #going

What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on. ↗

— Halle Berry

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I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. ↗

— Halle Berry

#head #i #lot #spent #time

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations. ↗

— John Tyler

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