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Quote by James Buchan
To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to

To give money to a woman – and here I must speak as a man – is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and reduce her unique amiability to a commodity. Money takes away her name, while transforming her lover into a nameless customer of a market of appetites. – James Buchan

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Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science – steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains – none has been so catastrophic to prosperity as the last centurys attempt to generate electricity from nuclear fission. – James Buchan

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Science
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Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. – James Buchan

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Poetry
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James Buchan
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We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned. – James Buchan

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Politics
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Other Quotes from
Money
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Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces. – Terry Pratchett

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Money

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

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Money

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. – Oscar Wilde

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Money

Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit. – Abu Bakar Bashir

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Money

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When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I’ll know I’m growing old. – Lady Bird Johnson

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Weather

Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether its people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But its also a cause for war and bloodshed. – Josh Gad

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Religion

The best answer to anger is silence. – Author Unknown

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Silence

Men dont come up to you to just talk. We come up to you with a plan. Were looking across the room at you, and we dont care about your hopes and dreams. We dont care about what your future holds. We saw something we wanted. – Steve Harvey

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Dreams