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The intellectual's hostility to the businessman presents no mystery, as the two have, by function, wholly different standards. While the businessman's motto is the customer… — Bertrand de Jouvenel
Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and courtier. But the… — Augustin Thierry
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
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable but positive hindrances to our progress. Our life… — Henry David Thoreau
In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In some cities, the air… — Lester R. Brown
Finally, two days ago, I succeeded - not on account of my hard efforts, but by the grace of the Lord. Like a sudden flash… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
I would be remiss, as a scientist who studied this, if I didn't mention the following two things: The first is that, most importantly, we… — John Miller
THe world now has so many problems that if Moses had come down from Mount Sinai today, the two tablets he'd carry would be aspirin. — Robert Orben
Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly. — Simon Sinek
Cooks are in some ways very much like actors; they must be fit and strong, since acting and cooking are two of the most exacting… — Andre Simon
The word chrysalis alone is an unmistakable indication that here two dreams are joined together, dreams that be-speak both the repose and flight of being,… — Gaston Bachelard
Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and great each other. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Imagine if we succeed in inspiring our audiences to reduce their own impacts on climate change by just one percent. That would be like turning… — Rupert Murdoch
To give a causal explanation of an event means to deduce a statement which describes it, using as premises of the deduction one or more… — Karl Popper
So you walk up to this man sinner and you say, "God loves you and He has a wonderful plan for your life!" and he… — Paul Washer
Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two — Hugh B. Brown
There are two ways to face the future. One way is with apprehension; the other is with anticipation — Jim Rohn
An increase of two or three degrees wouldn't be so bad for a northern country like Russia. We could spend less on fur coats, and… — Vladimir Putin
Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep… — Dean Rusk
Two thousand scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have produced long-since a… — Al Gore

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