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“Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration.”

Powerful Doubt Subjects Effects Mines Periods Discovery Gold No Doubt Silver Duration Fluctuation Gold And Silver

Book:The Works of David Ricardo ...

Source: The Works of David Ricardo ...

“The stage I chose--a subject fair and free-- 'Tis yours--'tis mine--'tis public property. All common exhibitions open lie, For praise or censure, to the common eye. Hence are a thousand hackney writers fed; Hence monthly critics earn their daily bread. This is a general tax which all must pay, From those who scribble, down to those who play.”

Source: The poetical works of Charles Churchill: with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes / by the Rev. George Gilfillan

“Everybody takes breaks, and I decided to take mine. I wanted a chance to wake up at two in the afternoon and not be a subject of entertainment. I wanted to be a human being. At certain times and certain years, I felt like the Energizer bunny. That gets old very quickly.”

Years Humans Two Wanted Certain Felt Chance Human Beings Break Subjects Mines Decided Wake Up Entertainment Afternoon Bunnies

Author:Raven-Symone

“The problem with reality TV is that creative writers are not involved; TV folks are, and some journalists who will only mine the surface of subjects. Hard work necessary for discovering and delineating the intimacies of the subjects they capture is mostly avoided.”

Hard Problem Reality Creative Subjects Mines Tvs Hard Work Involved Folks Surface Intimacy Journalist Capture Discovering Avoided Reality Tv Creative Writers

Author:Lee Gutkind

“Every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing. ... There does not exist, nor will there ever exist, any writing of mine dealing with this subject.”

Men Writing Doe Subjects Mines Serious Serious Subjects Serious Man

Author:Plato

“There are two kinds of photographs: mine and other people's. I never think of what I might do myself when I look at someone else's pictures... there is no subject in the world I have ever wanted to photograph. It's the picture, not the object, that is important to me.”

People Thinking World Looks Kind Two Important Might Wanted Subjects Objects Mines Photograph

Book:Pictures under discussion

Source: Pictures under discussion

“Mine was not pop art. I maybe started with a subject, but I changed the subject.”

Art Subjects Changed Mines Pops Pop Art

Author:Claes Oldenburg

“What appears in the pictures was the subject's decision, not mine. I took what they presented - delicate moments - unadorned and unglamorous, yet tender and exquisite.”

Moments Decision Subjects Mines Delicate Exquisite

Author:Ray Metzker