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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Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes. – James Buchan

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If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. – James Buchan

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History
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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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To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue. – William F. Buckley, Jr.

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People will always choose more money over more sex. – Doug Coupland

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Politics isnt about big money or power games its about the improvement of peoples lives. – Paul Wellstone

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Human beings are much bigger than just making money. – Muhammad Yunus

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