James Buchan Quotes
Bulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929.
Quotes to Explore
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
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I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.
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My family is weird in a very good way because I was always exposed to the arts.
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I believe that every human being is sufficiently depraved that when we get to Heaven, no one will be able to say, 'I merited this.'
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.
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Any threat to the health and safety of a child in any school or classroom is unacceptable.
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I play computer games, watch TV and do what normal people do.
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Our past is who we are, and death is one of our experiences. I lost my husband a long time ago, but it's always yesterday.
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I'm a big routine guy. I have to have everything in threes.
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Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned.
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I don't own a scale, and Tao banned the word 'fat' from our house. If we eat too much, we say, 'I feel clogged up.'
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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at.
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Being known for musicals is a great thing.
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Pearl Harbor is strenuously respectful of contemporary sensitivities, sometimes at the cost of accuracy.
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Bulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929.
