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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

~Christian Nestell Bovee

Topics: Dangerous Excess Fire Like Only Passions Thousand Through Useful Ways

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I'm of those who believe that excesses in all matters are not a good idea, whether it's formation of bubbles, whether it's excess in the financial market, whether it's excess of inequality, it has to be watched, it has to be measured, and it has to be anticipated in terms of consequences.

~Christine Lagarde

Topics: Anticipated Believe Bubbles Consequences Excess Financial Formation Good Good Idea Idea Inequality Market Matters Measured Terms Those Watched Whether Who

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To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old!

~Christopher Lee

Topics: Dead Either Excess Got Legend Old You

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Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

~Christopher Marlowe

Topics: Cause Covetousness Excess Wealth

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Wall Street excesses helped lead to the Great Recession.

~Chuck Schumer

Topics: Excess Great Helped Lead Recession Street Wall Wall Street

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A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

~Clarence Day

Topics: Addiction Always Bad Excess Health Hurtful May Moderate Money Nearly Taken

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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

~D. H. Lawrence

Topics: Age Conscious Excess Feel Know Little Much Ours

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As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative.

~Dale T. Mortensen

Topics: Acceptable Alternative Benefit Benefits Better Certainty Continue Evaluation Even Excess Expectations Expected Formation Future House Job Known Never Offers Option Partner Prospective Requires Search Stream Then Value

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Over the years, I've found myself drawn more and more to simpler meals, to dishes that are focused, and to experiences that strip away the excess.

~Daniel Humm

Topics: Away Dishes Drawn Excess Experiences Focused Found Meals More More And More Myself Over Simpler Strip Years

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The value of the beans for oil production, as well as for human food, has become recognized so quickly and so generally during the past year that the crop has acquired a commercial standing far in excess of its previous status.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Acquired Beans Become Commercial Crop Excess Far Food Generally Human Oil Past Previous Production Quickly Recognized Standing Status Value Well Year

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