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Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay.


Charles Dickens

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ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay in kind somewhere else in life.
ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.
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EVA AMURRI A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.
JOHN RUSKIN There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
ROBERT WOODRUFF The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
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ALBERT SHANKER I am the only person here who is enjoying this, and I get the money; they pay and have to suffer.
ARTUR SCHNABEL One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.
ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH I often wonder how we can pay for a stadium but not for the bus.
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CHRIS REDFERN That gets really expensive. I know kids who are not in choir because they don?t have the money to pa...
EMILY MARSHALL It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
HARRY S. TRUMAN It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
HARRY TRUMAN It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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JOHN PIPER We can run anywhere we want today and not have to pay for it.
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SAM J. JONES Do you pay to provide cooling or pay for a new fire alarm system?
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JESSE H. JONES We will pay for those who have made the positive identification and the person is successfully prose...
BARRIE HARTMAN There can be a lot done if you are not so particular about who gets credit for it.
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) They can pay or file their intention to pay by the end of the day tomorrow.
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CHARLES DICKENS "And a bird-cage, sir," said Sam. "Veels vithin veels, a prison in a prison."
CHARLES DICKENS Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answer...
CHARLES DICKENS Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anyb...
CHARLES DICKENS God bless us, every one!
CHARLES DICKENS from the days when it was always summer in Eden,to these days when it is mostly winter in fallen lat...
CHARLES DICKENS A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man...
CHARLES DICKENS It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foo...
CHARLES DICKENS Bah," said Scrooge, "Humbug.
CHARLES DICKENS Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his ta...
CHARLES DICKENS There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less exc...
CHARLES DICKENS Some credit in being jolly.
CHARLES DICKENS It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I ...
CHARLES DICKENS Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
CHARLES DICKENS Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges i...
CHARLES DICKENS If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.
CHARLES DICKENS Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old! Of right choice food are hi...
CHARLES DICKENS Known by the sobriquet of "The Artful Dodger."
CHARLES DICKENS It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foo...
CHARLES DICKENS