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"Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc."

"Money is representative, and follows the nature and fortunes of the owner...The farmer is covetous of his dollar, and with reason. It is no waif to him. He knows how many strokes of labor it represents. His bones ache with the days' work that earned it. He knows how much land it represents - how much rain, frost and sunshine. He knows that, in the dollar, he gives you so much discretion and patience, so much hoeing and threshing. Try to lift his dollar; you must lift all that weight. In the city, where money follows the skit of a pen or a lucky rise in exchange, it comes to be looked on as light."

"Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand."

"Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs."

"Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic savings rates, so the issue here is to encourage higher savings rates in the United States."

"Currently a level of unemployment of 7 percent or more seems to be required to keep inflation from accelerating, a level quite unacceptable as a permanent situation."

"Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax."
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"My brain as the engine, with thoughts trailing to the caboose, on a one-track mind we keep going forward."

"They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold."

"A good teacher is one, that never stops listening; a good listener is one, that never stops teaching."

"Distance can make a love fade, while closeness can make hate flare; as distance can make hate fade, while closeness can make love flare."

"Feelings could override facts, as facts could alter feelings. Choose the truth first, rather than following after feelings."
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