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    Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.

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90% of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework.

90% of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework.

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The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon read more

The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge.

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The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds itself immune to business.

The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds itself immune to business.

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It's the economy, stupid.

It's the economy, stupid.

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We Asians are the original Conservatives because for thousands of years we have believed in free enterprise… you have just read more

We Asians are the original Conservatives because for thousands of years we have believed in free enterprise… you have just stolen our philosophy.

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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

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The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

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It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.

It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.

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The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of read more

The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of corporate governance and shareholders' ability to influence annual general meetings. Institutions should be obliged to make public how they vote at such events. They should be obliged to provide customers with a record of how they vote on every kind of issue.

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