John Buchanan Robinson Quotes
The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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I don't feel as if I belong to an age group.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy.
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On YouTube you can tell what countries are watching and I've definitely noted a strong Australian following. You can plan your tours around where the love is on Twitter and YouTube - before, you couldn't tell.
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I write by stealing time. The hours in the day have never felt as if they belonged to me. The greatest number has belonged to my day job as a physician and professor of medicine - eight to 12 hours, and even more in the early days.
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Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.
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There are things in our lives that take up an enormous importance and that become very dominant effects in our biography. And that comes out of a variety of reasons, but fundamentally comes out of how that particular experience connects with your effective systems of response.
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I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver.
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My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
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Everybody wants all of our businesses to have no restrictions in any country, but even in Canada, in order to distribute home entertainment, you need to follow the Canadian rules, and it's just about as hard to do business there as it is in China.
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The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.
