#buying

The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods. ↗

— Andrew Mason

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Who was it who said, "I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul's reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish?" Whoever it was, I agree with him. ↗

— A. Edward Newton

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The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear! ↗

— Nigel Dennis

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Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today. ↗

— Vera Wang

#boot #buy #buying #costs #design

People aren't buying records like they used to, so it's nice to try to figure out a way to make them do it. I would enjoy the same thing to own an old movie house, to try to trick people to come in - like having 3-D or Smell-o-Vision or Vibra-Vision or something. Mcguffins to get people interested. ↗

— Jack White

#come #enjoy #figure #get #having

There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs, but it doesn't stop people from going out and buying Dobermans. ↗

— Angus Young

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We're constantly buying airplane tickets; we travel on the Concorde. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

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I was buying Bob Dylan mainly, everything I could get hold of by him. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

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Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist. ↗

— Robert G. Allen

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