Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith– 17 July 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth5 June 1723
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I've got to make the best of what I've got. I think we will be a stellar team. We've got a lot of young talent, but once they get the butterflies out, they will be OK. We're really looking forward to it.
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The mind is so rarely disturbed, but that the company of friend will restore it to some degree of tranquility and sedateness.
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The contentious matter of whether or not to begin drilling in Alaska has no place in a bill that funds the Department of Defense. The needs of our troops serving in combat should never be subject to such cynical politics.
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Every individual...generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
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This was a big win. These guys are a good team, so we didn't expect that one goal to hold up.
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We think most publishers and authors will choose to participate in the publisher program in order to introduce their work to countless readers around the world. But we know that not everyone agrees, and we want to do our best to respect their views too. So now, any and all copyright holders . . . can tell us which books they'd prefer that we not scan if we find them in a library.
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It (Oxford) is a sanctuary in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices find shelter and protection after they have been hunted out of every corner of the world
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There's a lot of concern about the dependability of touch-screen voting, for example. Vote by mail may be low tech, but it works.
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As a man of civil profession seems awkward in a camp or a garrison, and is even in danger of being despised there, so does an idle man among men of business,
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We know that not everyone agrees, and we want to do our best to respect their views, too.
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We want the public to be more engaged.
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We want to improve coordination and deliver services as efficiently as possible.
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In public, as well as in private expences, great wealth may, perhaps, frequently be admitted as an apology for great folly.
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Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness.