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The first mistake in public business is the going into it. - Benja

The first mistake in public business is the going into it. – Benjamin Franklin

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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody. – Benjamin Franklin

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Contentment
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Benjamin Franklin
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. – Benjamin Franklin

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Liberty
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Benjamin Franklin
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Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community. – David Byrne

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When youre young, you look at television and think, theres a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize thats not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. – Steve Jobs

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Business

Its a reality that in this business theres an expectation of being thin. But having a baby is a reality too, and its more important for me to make milk than to fit into those tiny pants. So thats just going to have to wait. – Emily Procter

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Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations they are there to make money. – Benjamin Carson

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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. – Samuel Johnson

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One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about 8, I used to enjoy just walking alone through the wood late. Eleven p.m. Midnight. Later. – Christian Bale

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Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, thats important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences. – Dalai Lama

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As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel. – Rick Danko

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