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British journalist Walter Bagehot, quoted in The Economist
“Greed is the last safe vice.”
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“Worry is a misuse of imagination.”
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“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.”
Bertolt Brecht, quoted in the Associated Press
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Bertrand Russell, quoted in the Johannesburg Business Day
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, quoted in the London Times
