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I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. ↗

— Anatole France

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Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously. ↗

— Marie de France

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The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream? ↗

— Brendan Francis

#achieving #alone #cherished #deprived #dream

I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself. ↗

— James Franco

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The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that it's National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles. ↗

— Barney Frank

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But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency. ↗

— Barney Frank

#capitalist #clear #efficiency #entirely #healthy

The SS, as such, behaved no more criminally than any other social groups would behave when taking part in political events. ↗

— Hans Frank

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Allowing a private rather than a public entity to take over your toll road merely means that your tolls will have to be that much higher to cover their more expensive debt. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#cover #debt #entity #expensive #higher

As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a 'Near Great' even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#even #every #extremely #finally #good

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. ↗

— Al Franken

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