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

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The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world. – James Buchan

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For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. – Sally Ride

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A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important. – Lee R. Raymond

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The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. – Edward Bernays

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If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief. – Benjamin Disraeli

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I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty – but only vaguely. – Camille Pissarro

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Its time to get real, folks. Hope and change aint working. Hope and change is not a solution. Hope and change is not a job. – Herman Cain

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Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. – Don Marquis

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Your goal should be to pay off your credit card bills in full at the end of each month and set aside money toward your emergency savings. – Suze Orman

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