David Ricardo Quotes
It has therefore been justly observed that however honestly the coin of a country may conform to its standard, money made of gold and silver is still liable to fluctuations in value, not only to accidental, and temporary, but to permanent and natural variations, in the same manner as other commodities.
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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Cruelty is not a literary value.
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Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'
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I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.
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Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Japan where the Confucian ethic is most influential.
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There's about one sword-swallower per 2 to 4 million persons in each country.
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I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.
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Value is what you get.
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Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
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In the Foo Fighters, my main job is to be the drummer, and that's enough.
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It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.
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As a senior at Princeton, I felt like the whole world was open to me. In our country, that's not a given. We aspire to be a place of equal opportunity, and yet where you're born determines your prospects.
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Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.
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Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that.
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So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!
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Dementia is such a terrifying thing for all of us, and we are particularly bad at coping with old people in this country.
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Jewish skullcaps are obviously not a problem in our country.
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I can't remember exactly, but the White House is not keen on people going on Fox News. It's my view that while people in the administration feel that Fox News doesn't give them a fair shake, the fact of the matter is there are a lot of people who watch Fox News.
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I am just like any other woman, and I think I am the 'fattest woman alive' - but it is really about how you handle your situation.
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Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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I say, too, with education, America needs to be putting a lot more focus on that and our schools have got to be really ramped up in terms of the funding that they are deserving. Teachers needed to be paid more.
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It has therefore been justly observed that however honestly the coin of a country may conform to its standard, money made of gold and silver is still liable to fluctuations in value, not only to accidental, and temporary, but to permanent and natural variations, in the same manner as other commodities.
