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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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Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe and Russia, the far east during the second world war and the Vietnam war, and in modern Sri Lanka. – James Buchan

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Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age. – James Buchan

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In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency – money – the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished. – James Buchan

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The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god. – Scott Alexander

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Im so touched that complete strangers will send me a script asking me to be in their film. That still amazes me – and sometimes for a lot of money too. – Liam Neeson

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You have to spend a lot to make a lot. Its not like Im sitting on top of a pile of money. – Katy Perry

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At one time there were voiceover artists, now there are celebrity voiceover artists. Its unfortunate because these people need the money less than the voiceover artist. – David Duchovny

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