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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Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale.
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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 am extremely devoted to Amazon Prime - which offers speedier free deliveries, free movie streaming and other benefits for an annual fee - but I don't think it is great for groceries.
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I think risk is important. I don't care if it's a great financial risk or a physical risk. You only get out of something what you put into it and the fact that you are willing to risk something means that you are going to get a lot more out of it.
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Nothing I do is thought out or planned or premeditated. It's just that I'm breathing and living! You just have to breathe and live.
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When you make movies of based on real life, you try to exaggerate it.
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When I won my way to the international science fair, I didn't want to embarrass myself. It was the first time I was going to be away from home, the first time taking an airplane. I went to the local library, checked out every single etiquette book, and I read those books like I was uncovering some sort of treasure.
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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.
