Quote by Adam Smith
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. – Adam Smith

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Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence. – Adam Smith

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Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. – Adam Smith

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The trouble with movies as a business is that its an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that its a business. – Charlton Heston

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Ive never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. – Manuel Puig

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I can take more punishment than anyone in the business. – Ric Flair

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I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. – William Blake

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Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time. – Artie Lange

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Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. – William Congreve

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