Gold was an objective value, an equivalent of wealth produced. Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all the books on the shelves to pale, gilded versions of themselves and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
As she lifted the glittering strand of diamonds from the box, a small slip of paper fell out. She caught it as… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
When you read Chekhov, everything has an even gray tone. When you read 'Family Life', everything has an even white tone. It… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
Pretty fortunate that with the exception of two months when I was 23, that I worked in a law office pushing paper… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Journalism consists in buying white paper at two cents a pound and selling it at ten cents a pound. — Charles A. Dana Copy Share Image
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Oh, I've discarded a great many [poems]. And occasionally I've discarded and then resurrected. I would find a crumpled yellow ball of… — Conrad Aiken Copy Share Image
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I act because it's the one time I'm sure of my identity. There's no doubt. It's on paper. — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
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Americans reading the paper, listening to the news every single day, and all you hear is things are getting worse and worse.… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
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As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
You have to focus on what you're passionate about. For me it's the forests and of course, because I'm concerned about the… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
One third of the $15 trillion of mortgages in existence in 2008 are owned, or securitized by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
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