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If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United… — David Petraeus
Those who are concerned with the arts are often asked questions, not always sympathetic ones, about the use or value of what they are doing.… — Northrop Frye
It took me thirty-six years; and, in some fifty stories, ranging in length from short-shorts to novels, I think I must have touched, in one… — Isaac Asimov
It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment. — Angela Merkel
The story of this man who had killed a messenger and hanged himself would make interesting reading. One could almost write a whole chapter on… — Chinua Achebe
Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the sacrifice of permanent… — Thucydides
Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin? — Maurice Ravel
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it.… — Gregory Maguire
I don't think it's possible for the Fed to end its easy-money policies in a trouble-free manner. Recent episodes in which Fed officials hinted at… — Alan Greenspan
The paradox of the human condition is expressed more in education than elsewhere in human culture, because learning to learn has been and continues to… — Jules Henry
At 1970 rates of production, Canada's reserves represent 923 years supply for oil and 392 years for gas — Joe Greene
Your grades are not your destiny: they're just letters and numbers which rate how well you performed in one artificial arena, once. — Charlie Brooker
During the 1960s, one neighborhood in San Francisco had the lowest income, the highest unemployment rate, the highest proportion of families with incomes under four… — James Q. Wilson
Avataric periods are like the spring-tide of creation. They bring a new release of power, a new awakening of consciousness, a new experience of life… — Meher Baba
I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it. — Paul Simon
Greece will not manage to get back on its feet without restructuring its debt. There is no way around it. The country's creditors will have… — Peer Steinbruck
I am an average player, but even the great players don't have an average of 42, with a strike-rate of 75. — Misbah-ul-Haq
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to it. This is… — Richard M. Nixon
A man must generally get away some hundreds or thousands of miles from home before he can be said to begin his travels. Why not… — Henry David Thoreau
Well, we're just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed controls the overnight… — Franklin Raines
Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment… — Alex Tabarrok
Customs, morals — is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight,… — Jubal
There are so many third-rate people now who are more famous than people who should be famous, but sometimes people who could or should be… — Karl Lagerfeld
When bond prices fall, interest rates soar, with painful consequences for all borrowers. — Niall Ferguson
Sometimes I'd like to have a conversation with a friend in a restaurant without feeling I'm being watched. At this rate I will have to… — Fernando Torres

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