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To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

Benjamin Franklin

This is the first time we have evidence that a drug can actually lessen joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis. It hasn't been clear that drugs can do this.

John Klippel

We need universal early education and health programs for kids. I'm also interested in coordinating existing programs to make community-affordable assisted living for the elderly. This will lessen the financial impact on the budget.

Joseph Mackey

Agricultural research cannot cure the HIV/AIDS epidemic but it can lessen its impact on survivors.

Annmarie Kormawa

The city takes it seriously. We can't stop a hurricane, but we can lessen the impact.

Jackie Mabesa

One of the concerns is that if we wait to build, the cost of construction will continue to escalate, increasing the debt we have to repay or lessening the amount of roads we are able to build.

Jeff Fontaine

We lessen our dependency on foreign oil with every kernel of corn transformed to ethanol.

Rep. Cory Gardner

You are quite correct in saying that I banned the export of monkeys on a humanitarian basis and not because the number was lessening.

Morarji Desai

The chances of success lessen, but there is still hope.

Tara Knight

Most important, maintain a healthy weight; being too thin or too heavy can lessen your odds of conceiving.

D. Milton Stokes

The fact that National Guard units were deployed to Iraq at the time of Katrina did not lessen the Guard's ability to respond.

Steven Blum

The overnight rain will be absorbed by the dry ground and lessen the intensity of the active fire, but is not enough to extinguish the fires.

John Winter

It won't solve everything, but this bill can hopefully lessen the impact of the hurricanes and rising fuel costs.

Bill Grant

I don't think what happened four years ago is going to lessen this event at these Olympics, I think it will have exactly the opposite effect.

John Baldwin

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

Joseph Priestley

What we have in excess is women. So if you want, we can give a few of those to you, some tens of thousands. Let them go to your place. They will create disasters. That way you can lessen our burden.

Mao Zedong

That would actually lead to less cell death in Alzheimer's, so that would certainly be something that would lessen the impact of the disease.

Danilo Tagle

The lessen is that sometimes the parts are worth more than the whole.

Burke Stinson

If you compress payroll, lessen payroll disparity, have a little restraint at the top, give more at the bottom.

Rob Manfred

While the prices (of acquisitions) are going up, the competition is actually lessening.

Ian Telfer

It may lessen the need for a larger summer school.

Julie Drennon