"Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land."

Source : Francis Thackeray, William Pitt (1827). “A history of the Right Honorable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: containing his speeches in Parliament : a considerable portion of his correspondence, when Secretary of State, upon French, Spanish, and American affairs, never before published with an account of the principal events and persons of his time, connected with his life, sentiments and administrations ; (Mit dem Bildnisse Pitts)”, p.285

William Pitt

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“One of the duties which devolve upon women in the present interesting crisis, is to prepare themselves for more extensive usefulness, by making use of those religious and literary privileges and advantages that are within their reach, if they will only stretch out their hands and possess them.”

Source : Sarah Moore Grimké, Mary S. Parker (1838). “Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker”, p.121
“You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing.”
“It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?”
“It is a known fact that the sheep that give us steel wool have no natural enemies.”

Source : Gary Larson (1995). “Gary Larson's the curse of Madame "C": a far side collection”
“I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You are right that a man needs light like he needs bread, but a man needs a little darkness, too, if only so that he can sleep, and dream.”
“My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.”
“My Latin roots are very strong. All my life, because I'm blonde and blue-eyed, people who aren't Hispanic can't believe I am. And people who are Hispanic always think I'm not, because I don't look like them. Being Latin is part of who I am and I bring that part to every role.”

"Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land."

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