David Ricardo Quotes
Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.
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Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
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If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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If I buy a game on Steam and I'm running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam machines and already have the game. So you benefit as a developer; you benefit as a consumer in having the PC experience extended in the living room.
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Despite great advances in women's rights, statistics show that when it comes to the balance of power between the sexes, equality is far from being a global reality.
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
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When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.
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By far the most vital lesson I have ever learned is the importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are. Our thoughts make us what we are.
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One of the things that defines a TEDster is you've taken your passion, and you've turned it into stewardship. You actually put action to the issues you care about.
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I fully realize that the new organization is a human rather than a perfect instrumentality for the attainment of its great objective. As time goes on it will, I am sure, be improved.
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I love being a freak. It's great!
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Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.
