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Biodiversity can't be maintained by protecting a few species in a zoo, or by preserving greenbelts or national parks. To function properly, nature needs more room than that. It can maintain itself, however, without human expense, without zookeepers, park rangers, foresters or gene banks. All it needs is to be left alone.

~Donella Meadows

Topics: Alone Banks Biodiversity Expense Few Function Gene However Human Itself Left Maintain Maintained More National Nature Needs Park Parks Preserving Properly Protecting Room Species Than Without Zoo

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All these child stars grow up and they're knockin' over banks and getting prostitutes. I'm, like, one of the only people I know that has managed to dodge all of that negative crap.

~Dustin Diamond

Topics: Banks Child Crap Dodge Getting Grow Grow Up Know Like Negative Only Over People Stars Up

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Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.

~E. Joseph Cossman

Topics: Banks Car Could Drive-In Established Most Owners Real See Today Were

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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.

~Earl Warren

Topics: Anybody Banks Care Except Fees First Hate Nothing Out Positive Take Take Care Themselves Trouble

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My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.

~Ed Begley, Jr.

Topics: Banks Favorite Form Live Neighborhood Restaurants Shops Transportation Walk Walking Where You

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Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Banks Basic Big Changes Corporate Country Deceptive Economy Governance Honesty Institute Management Most Must Practice Practices Responsibility Restore Sake Self-Respect Shot Through Were

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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Assets Attractive Banks Capital Contribute Could Feasible May Politically Toxic

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I've lived to see key parts of my research absorbed in textbooks and in central banks around the world. And some finance ministries, too.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Absorb Around Banks Central Finance Key Lived Parts Research See Some Textbooks Too World

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Narrow banks could restart effective intermediation and ensure that consumers and employment-creating small and medium-size enterprises are adequately financed and can contribute to the reactivation of the economy.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Adequately Banks Consumers Contribute Could Economy Effective Ensure Enterprises Financed Narrow Small

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I'd like to sit down with Hillary Clinton onstage and ask her about Glass Steagall and all the big banks and her own campaign contributions.

~Eileen Myles

Topics: About Ask Banks Big Campaign Clinton Contributions Down Glass Her Hillary Hillary Clinton Like Onstage Own Sit

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