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“Words are miraculous things. They describe, captivate, provoke, vivify, encompass, pervade, inspire, preserve, and comfort. So much more than that, in fact, so as to leave me at a loss of . . . words.”

Facts Loss Inspire Comfort Preserves Provoking Leaving Me Miraculous A Loss For Words

Author:Julian Whitaker

“We have had so many years of prosperity, we have passed through so many difficulties and dangers without the loss of liberty - that we begin to think that we hold it by divine right from heaven itself ... It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.”

Thinking Years Heaven Loss Liberty Danger Divine Difficulty Harder Prosperity Preserves Divine Right

Author:John C. Calhoun

“A realistic definition of risk recognizes the potential loss of capital through inflation and taxes, and would include at least the following two factors: The probability that the investment you chose will preserve your capital over the time you intend to invest your funds. The probability the investments you select will outperform alternative investments for this period.”

Two Loss Risk Periods Taxes Investment Definitions Following Factors Alternatives Preserves Fund Realistic Probability Inflation Select

Book:Contrarian Investment Strategies in the Next Generation

Source: Contrarian Investment Strategies in the Next Generation

“Is it possible to preserve the element of Unknown Places in our national life? Is it practicable to do so, without undue loss in economic values? I say 'yes' to both questions. But we must act vigorously and quickly, before the remaining bits of wilderness have disappeared.”

Life Is Values Bits Loss Economic Elements Preserves Wilderness Economic Value

Book:The river of the mother of God and other essays

Source: The river of the mother of God and other essays

“The diversity of our cultures is Europe's greatest asset. We have to preserve this asset. And any political intervention that reduces this diversity is a loss to Europe.”

Political Culture Loss Diversity Europe Preserves Assets Intervention

Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski

“The paradox of love is that to have it is to want to preserve it because it's perfect in the moment but that preservation is impossible because the perfection is only ever an instant passed through. Love like travel is a series of moments that we immediately leave behind. Still we try to hold on and embalm against all evidence and common sense proclaiming our promises and plans. The more I loved him the more I felt hope. But hope acknowledges uncertainty and so I also felt my first premonitions of loss.”

Source: Wanderlust: A Love Affair with Five Continents