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Douglass North Quotes

My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World War I.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 5, 1920 - November 23, 2015

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Father I Am War Brother Sister Born

Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.

Me Want Move Make Songs Main

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.

John Stuart Mill

Power Name Masses Only Instincts

Generally, achieving goals... which in many cases means winning... is really the ultimate in this life we live in.

Life Goals Live Winning Achieving

You can only stay at a high level so long before you need to rest your body.

Rest Long You Body Your Body Need

At Sequoia, we have opened offices in China and India, and we have made a handful of investments in Latin America/Brazil.

India China Handful Made Investments

There's a level of love that really dissolves a lot of egotism and self-absorption.

Love Level Egotism Lot Really

I didn't feel I had to prove anything more.

Miguel Indurain

Feel Prove More Anything Had

Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.

People Mediocrity Born Achieve Some

Other people gotta be told when to go to the gym, what to work out, what to work on, what to do. For me, it was always my own self-motivation of maybe just wanting to make it out of Compton. I was like that with everything in my life.

Life Work People Me My Life Gym

Since the majority of the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean, not to mention much of the world's protein, it is not an exaggeration to say that when our oceans' health declines, our very survival is at risk.

Health Ocean World Survival Say

I know some people who never have any difficulties to speak of. The moment I understood your premisses, I felt sure you had a real foundation to hold on.

Moment People Speak Foundation You

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.

William Jennings Bryan

Man Animal Small Believe More Than

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