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In September 2008, the two largest housing mortgage companies called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were government-sponsored enterprises, which hold hundreds of billions of dollars of mortgages, because of the losses they took on the mortgages, they essentially became insolvent, and the government had to take them over.

~Ben Bernanke

Topics: Became Because Billions Billions Of Dollars Companies Dollars Enterprises Essentially Government Had Hold Housing Hundreds Largest Losses Mac Mortgage Mortgages Over September Take Them Took Two Were Which

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Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives when I became Chairman in February 2006.

~Ben Bernanke

Topics: Accountability Became Chairman February Federal Federal Reserve Fostering Objectives Principal Reserve Transparency

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When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Became Five Fun Fun Thing Got Hit Hit Record Involved Kind Later Looking Record Still Thing Who

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When we took on the name The Drifters, we became the new Drifters, and signed a contract to be put on salary, which I think was like a hundred dollars a week, a piece, five hundred dollars for all five of us.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Became Contract Dollars Five Hundred Like Name New Piece Put Salary Signed Think Took Us Week Which I Think

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I reached a point where - I have a real heart and concern for families and for youth, and the more I became involved in working through a ministry, the more I realized how powerful the entertainment industry was and how irresponsible it was.

~Ben Harney

Topics: Became Concern Entertainment Entertainment Industry Families Heart How Industry Involved Irresponsible Ministry More Point Powerful Reached Real Realized Through Where Working Youth

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Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.

~Ben Kingsley

Topics: Actor Became Before Comedy Doing Fifteen Harder Lot Loved Screen Theatre Which Work Years

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The books I used to love as a kid, I used to read football books - and by that I mean soccer books - stories about boys in school who started to play football and then became the captain. I'd read them cover to cover. I just got lost in them.

~Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Topics: About Became Books Boy Captain Cover Football Got Just Kid Lost Love Mean Play Play Football Read School Soccer Started Stories Them Then To Love Used Who

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I became a sceptic of one way of seeing the world. And I think it is what started me in my awareness that any worldview is superstitious.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Any Awareness Became Me One Way Seeing Started Superstitious Think Way World Worldview I Think

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I became interested in photography when I found my own sketching was inadequate.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: Became Found Inadequate Interested My Own Own Photography Sketching

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Let's assume for the moment that the logic behind Presidents Day is actually sound for certain presidents. Why not have a separate holiday for Lincoln and one for Washington - as we used to do, before we became so concerned with the 'Every President Gets a Trophy' ethos?

~Ben Shapiro

Topics: Actually Assume Became Before Behind Certain Concerned Day Ethos Every Gets Holiday Lincoln Logic Moment President Presidents Separate Sound Trophy Used Washington Why Why Not

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