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To be sure, the use of force by one party in a market transaction in order to improve his price was no invention of capitalism.… — Immanuel Wallerstein
There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets our norms and drives us from… — Eric Hoffer
But if out of smugness, or even cowardice, this battle is not fought to its end, then take a look at the peoples five hundred… — Adolf Hitler
The 'environmental crisis' has happened because the human household or economy is in conflict at almost every point with the household of nature. We have… — Wendell Berry
I remember Grace (Coddington) looking at me and said, 'Can you do something?' and I was like, 'OK, how long do you give me?' and… — Nicolas Ghesquiere
Working from nine till five every day at something that gives you no pleasure just so that, after thirty years, you can retire. — Paulo Coelho
Some of the best business and nonprofit CEOs I've worked with over a sixty-five-year consulting career were not stereotypical leaders. They were all over the… — Peter Drucker
I'll live for me and for other real people. Until some god gives me five minutes of their time...they deserve none of mine. — Matt Dillahunty
There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that… — James Madison
Have not I myself known five hundred living soldiers sabred into crows' meat for a piece of glazed cotton, which they call their flag; which… — Thomas Carlyle
Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their taste or their humor, to once from their reason. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then,… — John Lennon
When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come… — Ray Davies
I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace. — Abraham Lincoln
When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many different ways. It's almost… — Simon Baker
Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with… — Arthur Koestler
If I'm writing... even a piece of a song... I write it down. If it still resonates six months down the line, a year, even… — M. Ward
On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles. — Mary Antin
You write down a paragraph or two describing several different subjects creating a kind of story ingredients-list, I suppose, and then cut the sentences into… — David Bowie
Shaw writes plays for the ages, the ages between five and twelve. — George Jean Nathan

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