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If you grow up ... in the suburbs of anywhere, a dream like this seems kind of vaguely ludicrous and completely unattainable, this moment is… — Russell Crowe
It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return for manufactured commodities,… — David Ricardo
Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after it was explained… — Paul Samuelson
The replicators that exist tend to be the ones that are good at manipulating the world to their own advantage. But other replicators are also… — Richard Dawkins
The trouble with conspiracies, even those that are to everybody's advantage in the long run, is that they are open to abuse. If manipulators really… — Richard Dawkins
A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything. — George Washington
Competition is the most promising means to achieve and secure prosperity. It alone enables people in their role of consumer to gain from economic progress.… — Ludwig Erhard
I expect to see the State, which is in a position to calculate the marginal efficiency of capital-goods on long views and on the basis… — John Maynard Keynes
Gradually, they learned that politics is fundamentally a great business, a struggling and a haggling for advantages, over whose lap collects the most rewards cast… — Friedrich Naumann
Society is purely and solely a continual series of exchanges... And the greatest eulogy we can give it, for exchange is an admirable transaction, in… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy
We have many advantages in the fight against global warming, but time is not one of them. Instead of idly debating the precise extent of… — John McCain
In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action… — Julia Gillard
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude. — Thomas Browne
It is not always the most brilliant speculations nor the choice of the most exotic materials that is most profitable. I prefer Monsieur de Reaumur… — Unknown Author
Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all — Ban Ki-moon
Reading if a man has a crush on you can be to your advantage. If you know a guy likes you, the power shifts in… — Unknown Author
Patriotism is "a very definite feeling of preference for one's own people or State above all other peoples and States, and a consequent wish to… — Leo Tolstoy
The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and the… — Thomas Paine
A child should have every advantage - including those taught by disadvantage. — Terry Rossio
If the minds of women were enlightened and improved, the domestic work would be more frequently refreshed by intelligent conversation, a means of edification now… — Sarah Moore Grimke
Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it. — Ha-Joon Chang
We learn as much from sorrow as from joy, as much from illness as from health, from handicap as from advantage and indeed perhaps more. — Pearl S. Buck
It is important to gain knowledge, yes, but any advantage we will have in the eternal life to come will be a knowledge, I am… — Henry D. Taylor
The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty: therefore, if it… — Saint Augustine
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as… — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

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