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.
Samuel Goldwyn
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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.
Adam Peaty
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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.
Octavio Paz
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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.
W. C. Fields
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
P. D. James
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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.
Kate McKinnon
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I don't feel as if I belong to an age group.
Quentin Blake
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
Gail Sheehy
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
Zac Posen
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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.
Sam Rayburn
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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.
Kate Millett
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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.
Maeve Binchy
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
Edmund Phelps
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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.
Yvette Nicole Brown
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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.
Imogen Heap
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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.
Abraham Verghese
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Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.
V. S. Naipaul
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The world is a force not a presence.
Wallace Stevens
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Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State.
Ambrose Burnside
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In school, you get a limited view of the world. Start working. Find your passion. Take your time doing that. Once you've found what you're passionate about, then lock down. Even if you want to start a business, it's helpful to work, see how other businesses are run.
Joe Mansueto
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Hollywood is high school with money.
Martin Mull
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The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.
John Buchanan Robinson