- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Place Quotes
Where you land shapes who you become.
These quotes look at place from more than one angle - the town that never quite feels like "home-home," the city that opens doors for a career, and the place you land after years of searching. Some reflect on where opportunity struck; others just accept a city for what it gave them. Read on for more perspective in our Great Quotes collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not particularly fond of Shoah jokes, yet there is one I cannot forget: Why was Auschwitz an optimistic place? Because all the pessimists were already in New York by then.
- Farther
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
- Exchange Rate
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are now preparing for the reform of the yuan's exchange rate system. For such reforms to take place, we need good economic conditions... and we need to do it under tight control.
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings.
- Avoid
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.
- Holocaust
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- Nov 07, 2020