"A nation or an individual, will do wisely to direct consumption chiefly to those articles, that are longest time in wearing out, and the most frequently in use."

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Source : Jean Baptiste Say, Clement Cornell Biddle (1851). “A treatise on political economy”, p.398

Jean-Baptiste Say

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“If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract the right strategy. If you don't have a clear vision, no strategy will save you.”
“Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice...”
“Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing to the eye of God, that knowledge without action is empty. All men must see that the teaching of religion by rules and rote is largely a hoax. The proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something youâ€™ve always known.”
“What am I supposed to do, Sit around and wait for you? Well I can't do that, And there's no turning back. I need time to move on, I need love to feel strong. Cause I've got time to think it through, And maybe I'm too good for you!”
“Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.”

Source : Edith Sitwell (2011). “Taken Care Of: An Autobiography”, p.114, A&C Black
“The rich have markets, the poor have bureaucrats.”
“I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.”

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