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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

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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

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The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

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The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices. ↗

— Frederick II

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I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

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I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

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A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure. ↗

— Lucian Freud

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I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there's this pressure. ↗

— David Friedman

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