"By 1782 [John Adams] had come to feel for [Benjamin] Franklin "no other sentiments than Contempt or Abhorrence.""

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Source : Source: www.theimaginativeconservative.org

Gordon S. Wood

#Franklin Quotes #Contempt Quotes #Feels Quotes

“My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.”
“The beauty of being black in American society is that black has always been an inclusive definition. White has always been an exclusive definition. I think one of the challenges for white people is to figure out how to have a more inclusive picture of who their families are, of who they are.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Love is pretty much a decision anyway. Just like happiness. You can decide to either love someone or not, be happy or not. The rest is just commitment to the idea.”
“Lincoln did but pour the soul of the nation into the monumental act of universal liberty; and that soul was inspired by the gospel.”
“... men as a rule are more preoccupied with the dangers that threaten their life than interested in the biological forces on which they depend for a constructive existence.”
“Your dreams are always going to be the most important to you than they will be to anybody else. So keep dreaming, keep believing, keep pressing forward. So all those warriors out there â€“ be encouraged”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Marketers reinforce the idea - a false one - that celebrity is available to everyone.”
“I'm not a big fan of being a victim. I don't like getting beaten up.”

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