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I know that part of the reason I read Tolkien when I'm ill is that there is an almost total absence of sexuality in his world, which is restful.

~A. S. Byatt

Topics: Absence Almost His Ill Know Part Read Reason Sexuality Tolkien Total Which World

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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.

~Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

Topics: Absence Bank Banks Central Central Bank Could Cushion Discount Emergency Expensive Facility Gives Go High High Quality Keep Liquidity Managing Mind Peace Peace Of Mind Permanent Quality Requirements Securities Should Tend Very Way Where Window

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Absence is absence, you know? The loss of someone can be just as devastating if they're alive as if they're dead.

~Adam Silvera

Topics: Absence Alive Dead Devastating Just Know Loss Someone You

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Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

~Aisha Tyler

Topics: Absence Failure Persistence Success Success Is Through

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Strength doesn't mean an absence of pain.

~Aja Naomi King

Topics: Absence Mean Pain Strength

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In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

~Alan Greenspan

Topics: Absence Gold Gold Standard Inflation Protect Safe Savings Standard Store Through Value Way

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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Absence Evidence

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In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

~Aleister Crowley

Topics: Absence Collection Complete Most Talents Virtues Wholly Willpower Worthless

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So many people condemn me for risk taking, but I find it sort of hypocritical because everybody takes risks. Even the absence of activity could be viewed as a risk. If you sit on the sofa for your entire life, you're running a higher risk of getting heart disease and cancer.

~Alex Honnold

Topics: Absence Activity Because Cancer Condemn Could Disease Entire Entire Life Even Everybody Find Getting Heart Heart Disease Higher Hypocritical Life Many Me People Risk Risks Running Sit So Many People Sofa Sort Takes Taking Viewed You Your

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It's not that hard to imagine the natural world recovering it's health in our absence: it's more difficult, and more necessary, to imagine it recovering its health in our presence.

~Alex Steffen

Topics: Absence Difficult Hard Health Imagine More Natural Natural World Necessary Our Presence Recovering World

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