"Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."

-- Benjamin Franklin

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“YouTube is becoming much more than an entertainment destination.”
“Coquetry is the champagne of love.”
“I've dodged all sorts of bullets in Hollywood to get my movies made. I'm tough.”

Source : "Lee Daniels Makes It Personal". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 5, 2012.
“Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain from it themselves, but according to their stations, to prevent it in others.”
“It is harmful to remember previous sins in detail. For if they bring you sorrow, they will estrange you from hope, but if they are remembered without sorrow, they will introduce the previous defilement. If you want to bring to God an uncondemned confession, then don't remember your sins in detail, but manfully endure the suffering that is coming because of them.”
“Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.”
“As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.”

Source : "Hugo Weaving Talks THE HOBBIT, TRANSFORMERS, and Red Skull; Says They Haven’t Filmed the Final HOBBIT Battle Yet" by Christina Radish, collider.com. October 14, 2012.
“I tend to eat geographically. When I'm in L.A., I like to eat L.A. food.”

Source : "Q & A With Lucy Punch: Woody Allen's New Film, Eating Geographically and Why Offal Is Off-Limits". Interview with Margy Rochlin, www.laweekly.com. September 20, 2010.

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