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Speculation is only a word covering the making of money...

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

Quote by Henry Ford about word, money

Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.

Quote by Talcott Parsons about politics

Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about children, world

You have to write a song around this specific character...

You have to write a song around this specific character or to enhance a specific scene. A lot of other craft goes on.

Quote by Mick Jagger about character

When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about gifts, voice

The spectra of atomic ions of higher valence are...

The spectra of atomic ions of higher valence are different from the spectra of atomic ions of the same element, but of lower valence.

Quote by Johannes Stark about physics

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.

Quote by Georges Bataille about crime, criminals, secret, human imperfections, things

They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it's time for special counsel.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, moral, celebrity, end, nothing, time

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching...

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about love, writers, instinct, good, good luck

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writers

That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place.

Quote by Lester Bangs about teenager, commerce, reason, things

I miss not having Nikko now. Nikko was very special.

I miss not having Nikko now. Nikko was very special.

Quote by Paula Abdul

Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special education, repeat a grade, or commit crimes in adolescence.

Quote by Joe Baca about criminals, heads, education, school, need

The Inland Empire is indeed species rich, but we have...

The Inland Empire is indeed species rich, but we have been hit hard by jobs lost by ESA. That is why we need to take into account the human cost.

Quote by Joe Baca about wealth, need, human imperfections

You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the...

You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the director has a specific look in mind.

Quote by Paula Abdul about need, mind

I learned at an early age that I was given something...

I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.

Quote by Randy Bachman about gifts, age, olderness, music

If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not...

If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about fall, poetry

The special effects people are so good! If you avoid...

The special effects people are so good! If you avoid looking at them until the moment of the performance, it's pretty sharp.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about moment, good, good luck, people

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about duty

I've always been surprised at the degree of success of The Mirror and the Lamp and duration of esteem for it. I had no reason to expect in 1953 that it would appeal to more than a specialized group interested in literary criticism.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about criticism, literary critic, reason

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