"Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans."
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"The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses."
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"You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate."
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"Once you get into debt, it’s hell to get out. Don’t let credit card debt carry over. You can’t get ahead paying eighteen percent."
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"Ben Franklin and Samuel Johnson, he credits their wisdom for his success. "They were both utterly brilliant men. And powerful communicators. Both have helped me all the way through life. Their lessons are easy to assimilate.""
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"Hard work is rewarding. Taking credit for other people's hard work is rewarding and faster."
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"When I did Yoda, me and three other people worked our asses off, and I was sweating every single day, it was tough as hell. Now that it's CGI, 24 people work on Yoda, and I get all the credit -- I do nothing."
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"Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society."
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"We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free."
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"My credit card company says I have an outstanding balance. I'm flattered."
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"President Obama has appointed a transgender woman to a position in the Department of Commerce. You know, in this era of partisan bickering, President Obama deserves a lot of credit for taking a chance on Ann Coulter, I think."
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"I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act."
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"Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it."
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"I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker."
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"I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible."
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"Jew storekeepers have already learned the advantage to be gained from this [unlimited credit]: they lead on the farmer into irretrievable indebtedness, and keep him ever after as their bondslave hopelessly grinding in the mill."
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"We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness."
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"As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit."
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"Money is a poor man's credit card."
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"Donald Trump pulled off an amazing political feat. He deserves tremendous credit for that."
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