Quote by David Ricardo
After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the f

After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated. – David Ricardo

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The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities. – David Ricardo

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Food
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Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them. – David Ricardo

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finance
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My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And thats all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment. – Eric Stoltz

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I love spicy food. – Cynthia Nixon

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Im into mellow dates with really good food. – Lauren Conrad

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Public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good. Only the fried potatoes go unchanged, as deadly as before. – Luigi Barzini

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I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. Thats what I call a liberal education. – Tallulah Bankhead

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Im learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession. – Halle Berry

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When I come home from a shoot, Id rather reheat food Ive made than eat takeout. – Ted Allen

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