Quote by James Buchan
Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was s

Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was supposed to purge the body economic of the greed and excess that attends a business expansion. – 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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Peace
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Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war. – James Buchan

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War
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One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. – James Buchan

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History
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In the social business marketplace, brands that hope to build loyal and growing communities do so most effectively when they demonstrate their core values and allow a community to build and engage around it. – Simon Mainwaring

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Business

For all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked in favor of the privileged few. Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy. – Bill O’Reilly, about capitalism

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Business

Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer. – Dale Carnegie

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Business

Im not saying I wasnt flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business. – Patti Smith

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Business

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My feeling about work is its much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa. – Alan Cumming

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Experience

We now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will endure through the ages. That foundation is the god of science – revealed to us in terms that will harmonize with our intelligence. – John Fiske

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Intelligence

We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. – Henry James

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Art

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. – Albert Camus

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Government