"The world is full of banks and rivers……" — Arturo Pérez-Reverte
"The world is full of banks and rivers running between them, of men and women crossing bridges and fords, unaware of the consequences, not looking back or beneath their feet, and with no loose change for the boatman."
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20 Quotes by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it’s for life.
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Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings.
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Never trust a man who reads only one book.
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he looked around at the books on the walls, at their dark, worn spines, and he seemed to hear a…
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You’ve just mentioned the price that has to be paid…Pride, freedom…Knowledge. Whether at the beginning or at the end, you…
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Because God and the devil could be one and the same thing, and everybody understood it in his own way.
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Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by…
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You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.
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One is never alone with a book nearby, don't you agree? Every page reminds us of a day that has…
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Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that…
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I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things.
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...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.
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Banks are so protected from liability they would have to really do something that was their mistake in order for…
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Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to…
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the…
— Lord Acton
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The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were…
— Vinoba Bhave
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Every Republican's voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. Romney…
— Joe Biden
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And I think the more money you put in people's hands, the more they will spend. And if they don't…
— Michael Bloomberg
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At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call,…
— James Buchan
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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
— Sitting Bull
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Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional…
— Vince Cable
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Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you are not rich,…
— Herman Cain
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I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they…
— Herman Cain
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