The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange.
William Petty
Recitation: by Male by Female
Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them.
Jerry Saltz
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I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.
Max Walker
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Isn't it amazing the way the future succeeds in creating an appropriate past?
John Leonard
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When a child is born, the exact moment it draws its first breath should be noted, as that moment, and not the time of delivery, is the time of birth from the astrologer's point of view.
Max Heindel
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I was being laughed at. I hated it, so I made an adjustment to control the situation. All comics learn that.
Andy Griffith
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Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities.
Robert Anton Wilson
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Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.
Liza Minnelli
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I watch action movies, and you don't remember when Jason Statham does a kick or punch. It's character trait stuff you remember.
Jason Momoa
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I think a lot of people don't realize that martial arts are just an expression like anything else. It's just that most people are not trained to punch or kick, but you can walk or run or dance, which is also part of expression.
Donnie Yen
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The way I sing my songs leads the listener into a place of introspection, a state of mind that can trigger self-healing and the kind of profound rest you cannot get from sleep alone.
Donovan
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The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to come out of baseball and come into the business world, not being a college graduate, not being educated to come into the business world the way I should have.
Willie Mays
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The vote in the United Kingdom in favor of leaving the E.U. attested to the loss of elite influence.
Richard N. Haass
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