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The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation. — James Buchan
At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own… — James Buchan
There are about 15 million Muslims in the EU. They face ignorance, insult and even persecution. They cannot be wished away. To impose Enlightenment freedoms… — James Buchan
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His… — Pearl S. Buck
Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession. — Pearl S. Buck
Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't… — Dan Buettner
Sometimes Lennon needed McCartney and sometimes Simon needed Garfunkel. You'd go mad doing everything on your own. — Jake Bugg
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings… — Sitting Bull
Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I… — Sitting Bull
My mother always told me, 'Don't get married. Make your own life. You don't need a man.' — Sandra Bullock
Brazil has its own fashion identity. Many very talented Brazilian designers show every season at Sao Paulo and Rio fashion weeks. — Gisele Bundchen
I have a lot of fruit trees and my own little vegetable garden and chickens. And every time I eat, I bless my food; I… — Gisele Bundchen
In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a healthy, happy world… — Luther Burbank
If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman. — Luther Burbank
I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I find youthful looks appealing. — Julie Burchill
The money I pay for my cultural experiences came willingly from my own pocket - they were not the result of bread being removed from… — Julie Burchill
I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own. — Brooke Burke
I find peace anywhere I go. It depends on what is within the walls of my own home. — Brooke Burke
I have no idea what I weigh. I don't even own a scale. — Brooke Burke
I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I… — Madeleine Albright
Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. — Edmund Burke
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. — Carol Burnett
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay. — Amos Bronson Alcott
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences. — Amos Bronson Alcott
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens… — Amos Bronson Alcott

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