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It can be shown that an incorporeal and reasonable being has life in itself independently of the body... then it is beyond a doubt bodies… — Origen
Do not trouble yourselves about standards or ideals; but try to be faithful and natural: remember that there is no greatness, no beauty, which does… — William Dean Howells
I think we should do better next week, better the week after, and better right throughout the course of our government. Sometimes in parties these… — Gordon Brown
It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember. — Eugene McCarthy
Democracies don't prepare well for things that have never happened before. — Richard A. Clarke
Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better. — Jane Bowles
A lot of young actors have the idea that, "I've got to do this right. There's a right way to do this." But there's no… — Robert De Niro
I think, you're not blagging me on this ridiculous journey, with this bit of paper. I think if you want to change things, it's not… — Russell Brand
Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but… — Alexander McCall Smith
Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming… — Ernest Hemingway
It is however always important to remember that the ability to see things in their correct perspective may be, and often is, divorced from the… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself… — Eli Broad
A diversity of approaches is necessary if there is to be a good chance of hitting on one that works. Progress is a social undertaking… — Richard Posner
There is economics in biology, nothing is free, everything has to be paid for, there are costs as well as benefits to everything in life,… — Richard Dawkins
We tolerate, even promote, many things we once regarded as evil, wrong, or immoral. And then we seek "explanations" for an act that seems beyond… — Cal Thomas
What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us. — Robert Breault
The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren't that good. — Paul Krugman
Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which only fifty years… — E F Schumacher
I'm on the record as saying things like I think it's important for people to understand their Bible stories, not because I'm an advocate of… — Julia Gillard
Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions. — Ludwig von Mises
Anyway that's a large part of what economics is - people arbitrarily, or as a matter of taste, assigning numerical values to non-numerical things. And… — Kim Stanley Robinson
The interventionists do not approach the study of economic matters with scientific disinterestedness. Most of them are driven by an envious resentment against those whose… — Ludwig von Mises
Success depends on getting good at saying no without feeling guilty. You cannot get ahead with your own goals if you are always saying yes… — Jack Canfield
Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men… — Brian Tracy
Now it is worth noticing two things about the private substitutes that I have described. The first is that in the aggregate they are probably… — Unknown Author

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