William Stanley Jevons Quotes
What capital I give for the spade merely replaces what the manufacturer had already invested in the expectation that the spade would be needed.
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Oscar Wilde
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Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
Olive Schreiner
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One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
Barack Obama
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
Kate Adie
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
Barry Ritholtz
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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
Dan Savage
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You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.
Venus Williams
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Assume everything you put on the Internet can and will be seen not only by the person you're talking about, but your future romantic partners and bosses, too.
Mara Wilson
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
Barry Commoner
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
Orson Welles
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
Victor Grignard
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Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
Yoko Ono
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
J. Paul Getty
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
P. G. Wodehouse
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I don't have a very quick sense of humor.
Florenz Ziegfeld
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
Zach LaVine
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Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
Dale Carnegie
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I respect the second amendment and the right of individuals to own firearms. But I think that we all agree that there are some people who should not be able just to walk in and buy weapons of war.
Hillary Clinton
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Whenever you have to do a photo shoot with a woman, there is this weird competition. They need to prove something. They need to play games - maybe unconsciously - but women are so sensitive, and people call me more masculine sometimes.
Carice van Houten
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I don't believe I can really do without teaching. The reason is, I have to have something so that when I don't have any ideas and I'm not getting anywhere, I can say to myself, "At least I'm living; at least I'm doing something. I'm making some contribution." It's just psychological.
Richard Feynman
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What capital I give for the spade merely replaces what the manufacturer had already invested in the expectation that the spade would be needed.
William Stanley Jevons