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If you're going to bet on economists and strategists on one hand, and the markets on the other, take the markets every time.


Hugh Johnson

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TRACY WARD Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward.
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JACK KEROUAC You may fall down when you dance on the edge but edge is the source of all miracles and mystery.
AMIT RAY Maybe we're standing like coins on the edge?"
Allie considered this. "Meaning?"
"Meaning, ...
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I frown in confusi...
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DIETRICH BONHOEFFER ... I don't believe in ghosts - not the scary white sheet, boogie-woogie type of ghost anyway. And y...
KAREN TAYLEUR Man on Wire
LIVVY ANDERSON Everybody is on the run. Either from something or someone.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS We all grew up, those of us who took On the Road to heart. We came to cringe a little at our ...
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HARUKI MURAKAMI We don't know where the markets are going, ... We have to observe what's going down, see the trends,...
CARLOS GHOSN ...and I realized no matter what you do it’s bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might a...
JACK KEROUAC The benefit would be access to public capital markets so it can take on new products and markets. Th...
ROBERT MERTON Japan has been a drag on all the other markets.
JEFF WEIR Remember what you always told me.”

“Hold on tight and fight as hard as you can.
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JOHN AUGUSTINE Markets are now focused squarely on inflation, ... Will it follow the great growth we've seen and fo...
JOHN AUGUSTINE Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place.
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J.I. PACKER Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.
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JACK KEROUAC I am who I say I am,
I'm not some fantasy
of how you think you think you know
or who ...
JAMES HOWE When bad strikes, most likely you will not get an answer when you ask, “Why?”
Your strengt...
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN Cattle markets are always going to be on an up and down cycle.
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IAN PHILPOT Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary...
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GARTH RISK HALLBERG When we create markets, we are creating jobs for our people
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DAVID RINEHIMER Rather than standing defiant screaming to the winds to bring the storm,
be focused, grateful f...
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BRIAN JONES You're not standing on your head! Have a cookie. - Grimspite in Jinx on the Divide
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C.S. LEWIS Our standard rate. A doubloon a day."
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JACOB M. APPEL Maybe memories should be left the way they are.
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LAURIE PEREZ Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.
ELAINE DUNDY Galatea Dunkel was a tenacious loser.
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"I know t...
AMAZON REVIEWER I'm kind of on the fence. On one hand it's easy to take it and be done with it. But on the other han...
JOHN PRESCOTT We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Markets work well with goods that economists call private goods.
ERIC MASKIN Both countries are convinced they're going to meet their future financing needs on the domestic mark...
ENRIQUE ALVAREZ [For the markets,] the real issue is the election, ... The Pitt issue has been going on for a couple...
ARNIE OWEN I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm tha...
WILLIAM H. SEWARD You can grow like a tall tree, when you enjoy the sun, wind, rain, storms and the stars in the dark ...
AMIT RAY On the one hand, it's nasty to see it because you see what's going on. On the other hand, there are ...
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PETER KYSEL Abstract conversations are my favourite, for they unviel true convictions.
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PADMA LAKSHMI We do intend on holding industrial events in emerging markets like the 'brick' nations: China, India...
BETH BLAKE Investors are reluctant to take the dollar significantly higher and we are having thin markets. The ...
KAMAL SHARMA There's a feeling that U.S. inflation may be under control, and this helped U.S. markets. The optimi...
FRANCISCO SALVADOR How do you ever hold on to anybody?
ELIZABETH WEIN The Effects of Wal-Mart on Labor Markets,
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LOIS LOWRY London is still seen as the crossroads of all markets. Europe is roughly on its doorstep, one hour d...
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HUGH JACKMAN To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.
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HUGH JACKMAN To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.
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HUGH HEFNER I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the upri...
HUGH MASEKELA History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs....
HUGH EVANS I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.
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HUGH GRANT I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'...
HUGH GRANT Brexit was a fantastic example of a nation shooting itself full in the face.
HUGH GRANT Love expands.
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HUGH BLAIR Beauty is whatever gives joy.
HUGH NIBLEY Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.
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HUGH BLAIR Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
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HUGH WHITE Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn't hold much wate...
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HUGH SHELTON Happiness comes from... some curious adjustment to life.
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HUGH JACKMAN If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.
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HUGH PRATHER Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
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HUGH JACKMAN I frequently dream of having tea with the Queen.
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HUGH LAURIE I think that retirement is the first step towards the grave.
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HUGH MACKAY It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.
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HUGH PRATHER I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that h...
HUGH SHELTON For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I ...
HUGH GRANT A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hem...
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HUGH JACKMAN It's very true that you can be both selfless and selfish at the same time. What we tend towards,...
HUGH GRANT I had a bad back for a couple of years. I had to do a lot of physiotherapy for it. What I couldn'...
HUGH JACKMAN I've certainly had a bad attitude to my job on many occasions. Not since 'Four Weddings and ...
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HUGH DOUGLAS Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.
HUGH LEONARD Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in...
HUGH LAURIE I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better lookin...
HUGH LEONARD I was fat-shamed the other day on a British newspaper. The headline was 'Four Bellies and a Turk...
HUGH GRANT One thing I do personally started 20 years ago. I started meditating, and I know twice a day I can k...
HUGH JACKMAN Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young.
HUGH HEFNER It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the third, in which he meant to rise s...
HUGH BLAIR A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign th...
HUGH SIDEY We want different things. Men want to have sex with a woman. Then they want to have sex with another...
HUGH LAURIE The sexual mechanisms of the two genders are just not compatible, that’s the horrible truth of it....
HUGH LAURIE Playboy isn't like the downscale, male bonding, beer-swilling phenomena that is being promoted now b...
HUGH HEFNER I have always stuck up for Western medicine. You can chew all the celery you want, but without antib...
HUGH LAURIE When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody ...
HUGH JACKMAN I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have poster...
HUGH JACKMAN The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great.
HUGH HEFNER The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. What's am...
HUGH HEFNER The glory of American television is Dennis Franz.
HUGH LAURIE