"There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation."

-- James Buchan

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“First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one.”
“To accept Naturalism is to reject such entities as Cartesian minds, private visual and tactual spaces, angelic beings and God.”
“When you give 100 percent to another person, two literally become one.”
“I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.”
“I wanted to be the photographer of happiness.”
“French: why does this language even exist? Everyone there speaks english anyway.”
“The characteristic of a disciple is not that he does good things, but that he is good in his motives, having been made good by the supernatural grace of God.”
“Have pity on those who are fearful of taking up a pen, or a paintbrush, or an instrument, or a tool because they are afraid that someone has already done so better than they couldâ€¦”

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