Quote by James Buchan
Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themsel

Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think theyre fine fellows and dont need to explain themselves. – James Buchan

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The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times. – James Buchan

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History
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Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. – James Buchan

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Wisdom
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One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. – James Buchan

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They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate in supplying social and economic demands. – Carter G. Woodson

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Money

Where gold speaks every tongue is silent. – Italian Proverb

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Money

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. – Andrew Carnegie

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Money

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is The X Factor. – Iain Duncan Smith

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Be happy while youre living, for youre a long time dead. – Scottish Proverb

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I never expect to lose. Even when Im the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry – still. – Ian Hamilton Finlay

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Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people. – George W. Bush

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