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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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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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Society
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Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required. – James Buchan

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Business
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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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I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace. – Wangari Maathai

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Its not so much about killing an animal, its being at peace and you dont have to worry about all the other things that go on. Thats a couple of hours a week that you get to escape but its nice to do that. – Brett Favre

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Peace

On all the peaks lies peace. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Peace

We will not have peace by afterthought. – Norman Cousins

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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself. – Balthazar Getty

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mom

Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting Hiawatha and they groan. – Erica Jong

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Poetry

Im trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully Ill moving toward the writing and directing thing soon. – Corey Haim

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Learning

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. – Jean Baptiste Massieu, translated from French

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Thank You