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“We were never organized readers who would see a book through to its end in any sory of logical order. We weave in and out of words like tourists on a hop-on, hop-off bus tour. Put a book down in the kitchen to go to the bathroom and you might return to find it gone, replaced by another of equal interest. We are indiscriminate.”

Book Ends Might Order Interest Gone Return Reader Equal Kitchen Organized Hops Logical Bus Replaced Bathroom Sister Tourists

Author:Eleanor Brown

“Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. Admirer as I think I am Of stars that do not give a damn, I cannot, now I see them, say I missed one terribly all day. Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little time.”

“There are many occasions when the muscles that form the lips of the mouth move the lateral muscles that are joined to them, and there are an equal number of occasions when these lateral muscles move the lips of this mouth, replacing it where it cannot return of itself, because the function of muscle is to pull and not to push except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.”

Moving Form Numbers Cases Return Equal Mouths Function Lips Tongue Occasions Muscles

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“If you look at the balance sheet, the US is heavily in debt. If you look at the income account - the amount of interest the US pays abroad - it is almost exactly equal to the amount of interest that it receives from abroad. American assets held abroad are earning a higher rate of return than foreign assets held here.”

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Author:Milton Friedman

“The four horsemen of the prairie are tornado, locust, drought, and fire, and the greatest of these is fire, a rider with two faces because for everything taken, it makes a return in equal measure.”

Two Faces Taken Fire Four Return Equal Riders Drought Prairie Tornadoes Horsemen Four Horsemen

Book:PrairyErth: A Deep Map

Source: PrairyErth: A Deep Map

“At equal returns, public investments are generally superior to private investments not only because they are more liquid but also because amidst distress, public markets are more likely than private ones to offer attractive opportunities to average down.”

Opportunity Return Offers Equal Investment Average Superiors Attractive Distress Liquid

Author:Seth Klarman

“Neither I nor anyone else in Germany would even consider placing any "conditions" on our possible return to the League of Nations. Whether or not we return to this body depends exclusively upon whether we can belong to it as a completely equal nation. This is not a "condition," but a matter of course.”

Matter Body Courses Nations Conditions Depends Return Equal League Germany League Of Nations

Author:Adolf Hitler

“What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.”

Ends Happens Return Equal The End Of The Day Dirt

Author:Wyclef Jean

“Move your personal investments and retirement funds to socially responsible investment (SRI) funds that support only those corporations that uphold higher standards of behavior. Returns on SRI funds are usually equal to, if not better than, many of the well-known traditional mutual funds.”

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Author:Simon Mainwaring

“I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically equal freedom to me - and not having to return that message or call from my record company or management. At some point, I need to recharge.”

Needs Company Records Return Equal Messages Management Fishes Hunts Truck Deer Record Companies Back Roads

Author:Blake Shelton

“Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. This is Alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.”

World Giving Firsts Law Values Lost Return Equal Gains Humankind Alchemy Alchemist Anime Fma

Author:Hiromu Arakawa

“How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.”

Ifs Should Passion Stars Return Equal Affection

Author:W. H. Auden