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• We are a kind of posterity in respect to them.
  -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) -- Letter to William Strahan, 1745...
• as tranquil music plays in the background, Lisa writes her essay] What would Ben Franklin say if he were alive today?
  He'd say... [tranquil music abruptly stops] [erasing] Oh, think of a better opening....
• I think there should be something in science called the "reindeer effect.
  I don't know what it would be, but I think it'd be good to hear someone say, "Gentlemen, what we have here is a terrifying example of the reindeer effect....
• I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING in science called the "reindeer effect.
  I don't know what it would be, but I think it'd be good to hear someone say, "Gentlemen, what we have here is a terrifying example of the reindeer effect....
• The journey of a thousand leagues begins from beneath your feet. -- Lao-Tzu
• A Southern boy graduates from high school heads north to college, taking the family dog, Old Blue with him, for company.
  He's only been there a few weeks when he gets a call from his girlfriend...
• You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.
  -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) -- Letter to William Strahan, July 5, 1775...
• If you would like to know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. -- Benjamin Frankli
• We can see now that we Americans were caught unprepared, because we were ordinary human beings, following the best advice we had at the time.
  No one would have guessed in 1941 that we would be attacked in such an unsportsmanlike manner as we were....