Adam Smith Quotes
When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers.
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It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules.
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Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.
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In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.
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My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior.
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I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, and my mental coach.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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Our movements reveal a great deal about who we are. A record of our locations over time can reveal whether we go to tent revivals or radical political meetings, abortion clinics or AIDS doctors.
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Silence is a source of great strength.
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South Central is just who I am.
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Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles.
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My favorite Broadway show day-to-day, just for the experience, was 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.' The people were so much fun. It was a great show.
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I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.
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Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
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Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memories.
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People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.
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What these guys are doing is great for Argentinean tennis. This is motivating other people.
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I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly.
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I was anxious before I decided to go back to acting about what I wanted to do with my life. Once I realized I was sort of interested in acting, I've been pretty lucky and had all these great parts. And I feel pretty much like, 'What will happen will happen.'
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Large companies everywhere tend to be more productive than small ones. But the gap in productivity is far wider in developing countries.
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Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.
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In a way, we tried to make 'The Salvation' a contemporary film with contemporary emotions. At the same time, in the script, you get a feel that all the small talk is not a part of our universe. It's more precise talk.
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We speak often of 'destroying the planet' when what we mean is destroying its habitability for humans.
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The charge frequently leveled against poetry - that it is difficult, obscure, hermetic and whatnot - indicates not the state of poetry but, frankly, the rung of the evolutionary ladder on which society is stuck.
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When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers.
