The capital amassed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through various forms of slave economy is still in circulation, said De Jong, still bearing interest, increasing many times over and continually burgeoning anew.
W.G. Sebald
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro. AMY WALDMAN Throughout his career, W.G. Sebald wrote poems that were strikingly similar to his prose. His tone, ... TEJU COLE Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON At its best, fantasy rewards the reader with a sense of wonder about what lies within the heart of t... PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP The economy could slow down, and there is still uncertainty about interest rates. GERARD CASSIDY How dare anyone say the economy is good when suicides are still increasing. MAKOTO SATAKA There's still parts of the U.S. economy that need cooling out, particularly the housing sector and v... DOUGLAS DAVIS I've been through periods of stress, turbulence in the market for over the course of my career, ... HENRY PAULSON Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON In Europe at the moment there is still quite a strong slack in the economy. We've said that rates ar... AXEL WEBER It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA In the beginning there was nothing and God said 'Let there be light', and there was still no... DAVE THOMAS Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, sowing death and destruct... POPE BENEDICT XVI She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING Asian consumers, particularly those in China, are viewed as the most important source of industry gr... BETSY METER I think pricing has gotten even more aggressive, interest rates have stayed pretty level and there i... JENNIFER PIERSON A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week. ED MCBAIN The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER World growth is increasing, although it is still quite weak. But together with the sharp slide of th... ALEXANDER MOLLERUS The comfort zone is always the most desirable place to be. But in settling for comfort, there is a p... SIMON BARNES Make every day count... Even when you think it's the worst day of your life; for you never know when... SOLANGE NICOLE As Secretary Rubin and I have both said many times, a strong dollar is very much in America's nation... LAWRENCE SUMMERS The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest... JARED DIAMOND Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in Americ... BARNEY FRANK What we're seeing in the Panhandle right now is a big barn raising, we're seeing people come togethe... BURT RUTHERFORD Interest rates are still at record lows, the economy is going great and the housing market is really... BILL WARD Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it. SHARON SALZBERG Little by little, not without astonishment, I rediscovered the great names of the eighteenth and nin... OCTAVIO PAZ Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, / If he's not born in thee thy soul is still fo... ANGELUS SILESIUS I find it hard to believe that Senators or the American public will classify Sotomayor as unqualifie... DAVID STRAS Theres still so much interest in the Beatles and John and still so much mythology, BOB SPITZ Unfortunately the centre is still operated in isolation from the rest of the country. However, it ha... JOSEPH MADISIA Like the crashing of the waves of the ocean, life has it's in's and out's, vacillating the rough and... FRANCESCO NICHOLAS CECE We're still faxing the forms and we're still getting information, LINDA KENT Christianity will doubtless still survive in the earth ten centuries hence - stuffed and in a museum MARK TWAIN The economy is still in very good shape. BRIAN JONES Theres still so much interest in the Beatles and John and still so much mythology, BOB SPITZ China to reduce capital lending in the domestic market. Aiming to create structural changes to prese... ZENG HAN JUN Overall we're in a very good situation; I don't think interest rates will be going up. Greenspan is ... GREGORY SMITH Insanity in various forms are alive and well in the world. STEVEN REDHEAD The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find. LORD LONGFORD The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find. FRANCIS AUNGIER Her heart had already been broken many times over, and yet she still believed she was destined to me... PAULO COELHO the utopian social hope which sprang up in nineteenth-century Europe is still the noblest imaginativ... RICHARD RORTY Say the RBNZ cuts interest rates three times, which most agree would be aggressive, you still have N... ADRIAN FOSTER The world you live in is not a given; much of what is best in it has been built through the struggle... REBECCA SOLNIT Thanks to a free flow of capital, an established regulatory framework and legal system, and an adher... FRANK LYN How many times can a heart be shattered and still be pieced back together? How many times before the... GWENN WRIGHT In the beginning it was all black and white. MAUREEN O'HARA They could play an endless game of hide-and -seek in so many rooms and up and down the halls that in... EUDORA WELTY Sometimes, how others look at it must not be how you should see it! Sometimes, how it means to other... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Aside from the unexpected slump in non-rural goods, we note that imports are still strong in capital... ANNETTE BEACHER You're a throwback." "To what?" Jess considered this. Hi-tech at work, Emily was paradoxic... ALLEGRA GOODMAN He continually hauls stuff in there. He's still buying junk and putting it in there. BOB PARKER An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. KILROY J. OLDSTER We're seeing an increasing amount of capital in the commodities market in general and gold in partic... DANIEL VAUGHT There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars — all over Europe, all over the world.... MARK TWAIN People have murdered each other, in massive wars and guerilla actions, for many centuries, and still... ROBERT ANTON WILSON There are still a lot of cases in the world where you order something and then you see 'Delivery wil... JOHN PATRICK We still have a positive outlook on commodity stocks, for both oil and metals. Demand is continually... CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. The... ELLEN DEGENERES And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to ... ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... With increasing signs of a slowdown in housing, the Federal Reserve and investors should still be ca... DAVID KELLY Ip Man was an extraordinary man who lived during extraordinary times. He was born to a rich family w... WONG KAR-WAI The gift represents one of the finest collections of musical manuscripts to be amassed in modern tim... JOSEPH POLISI He has always found ways to make sure that children could reach their full potential in school. It's... CHARLENE MCGRIFF While consumer demand for high mileage vehicles has grown dramatically in the past few years -- with... JAMES DUNN We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG The unceasing flow of thought in all its various forms is an inescapable and defining aspect of the ... PAUL O'BRIEN We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL We have the best economy in the world. Part of that is we believe in making sure we use human capita... CARI DOMINGUEZ We have the best economy in the world. Part of that is we believe in making sure we use human capita... CARI M. DOMINGUEZ Liberty had many friends in the eighteenth century. EDMUND MORGAN Times change and forms and their meanings alter. Thus new poems are necessary. Their forms must be d... WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Life is a journey of faces. Each face sees a new group of people changing the face of life and livin... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We're still in sluggish trade. Confidence is not good in Hong Kong; investors are still worried abou... LINUS YIP We must continually abide in the vine, so that we can keep bearing lasting fruits LAILAH GIFTY AKITA We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. THICH NHAT HANH Depression has many forms. You might get up in the morning and just as soon not face the day. You fe... DR. CECIL WILSON The world economy today is recovering slowly, and there are still some destabilising factors and unc... HU JINTAO The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax -... LEWIS CARROLL Fool! Never wait on a man! Let him wait on himself! V.C. ANDREWS Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS The debt and the deficit is just getting out of control, and the administration is still pumping thr... PAUL RYAN Eventually everyone dies, but death, in various forms and ways, still comes as a shock. Then they th... MAHENDRA JAKHAR There's still general nervousness around. The major event of the week has been comments from various... ARTHUR CASHIN The major driver of economics is the equilibrium approach, which has taken various forms over the ye... KENNETH ARROW China will actively encourage her best companies to invest in Guinea to conduct economic cooperation... HUANG JU The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneo... KILROY J. OLDSTER Courage takes many forms. There is physical courage, there is moral courage. Then there is a still h... HOWARD COSELL Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH About 3,000 to 5,000 cars should be possible. ALBERT STILL We could easily reach 2 percent if we were to cut out our research and development area. ALBERT STILL
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