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Its called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy. – Stephen Leacock

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Politics
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A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. – Stephen Leacock

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Trust
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It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. – Stephen Leacock

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Horses
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The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence. – Walter Lippmann

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Intelligence

Immaturity is the incapacity to use ones intelligence without the guidance of another. – Immanuel Kant

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Intelligence

I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head. – Rafik Hariri

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Intelligence

Art owes its origin to Nature herself… this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. – Giorgio Vasari

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Intelligence

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When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses. – Tom Ford

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Happiness

I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. Its really funny the way that some people dont give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly. – Hilary Duff

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funny

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature. – Paul Ricoeur

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Wisdom

Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what, in some measures, was the most lopsided election in American history with 61 percent. – John Podhoretz

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History