"The farmer's way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted."

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Source : Hugh Maclennan (2009). “Two Solitudes”, p.119, New Canadian Library

Hugh MacLennan

#Money Quotes #Saving Quotes #Way Quotes

“I pride myself on having a journalistic remove.”
“The United Nations four or five years ago put out a study that said the meat industry, meat-eating, growing meat for food is the No. 1 killer of our planet - not No. 2 or No. 3: No 1. You know what's No. 2? Transportation. Everyone thinks that No. 1 is transportation, and goes out and buys a hybrid car. Screw the hybrid cars. Don't eat hamburgers.”
“If one is writing in a way that is questioning, or even raising questions about how we are supposed to negotiate the world - even if it is about the self, or love, or how human beings relate - I do think that has a certain subversiveness to it. Even if it's not on a geopolitical level.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Being Manny Pacquiao's wife is not easy. It's fun for me and my guys but it's very difficult for her.”
“A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.”

Source : "Institutio Oratoria". Textbook by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, VI. 3. 5,
“I hope that Beyond the Robe helps you to feel closer to the monks and nuns and to better understand their immense potential to provide leadership in their world and further insight into ours. Instead of simply admiring them from afar, let's all get close enough to really listen.”
“Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.”

Source : John of Salisbury (2009). “The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium”, p.81, Paul Dry Books
“You have to specialize the product.”

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