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I abhor the word "consumer." Consumers, unlike citizens, have no implicit duties, obligations, or responsibilities to the common good. It's a degrading… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
For the perception of the beautiful we have the term "taste"--a metaphor taken from that which is passive in the body and… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
In any series of elements to be controlled, a selected small fraction, in terms of numbers of elements, always accounts for a… — Vilfredo Pareto Copy Share Image
The short-term international capital market is shrunken and erratic, and cannot be relied upon to cushion the effects of tendencies to disequilibrium… — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
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Our own consciousness is incapable of having produce the universe. God, therefore, exists. That is to say, there is no reason for… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Trump is an innovator who has shown how out of step the political establishment was. Which I think, probably, in the long… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
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Zen takes the opposite tack; it holds that true reality is the fundamental unity of mind and matter, inner spirit and external… — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
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The small and bullying leader of Russia is now dictating terms to the United States, to the point where all the United… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
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The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as a dogma, but as a… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
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The best thing about the term 'performance artist' is that it includes just about everything you might want to do. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
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You have a class of investors and you have a class of speculators. The speculators historically haven't been big enough to cause… — Jim Cramer Copy Share Image
Lagos was the ultimate dysfunctional city - but actually, in terms of all the initiatives and ingenuity, it mobilised an incredibly beautiful,… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think… — Paula Deen Copy Share Image
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Long-term investing has gotten so popular, it's easier to admit you're a crack addict than to admit you're a short-term investor. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
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