#ere

Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#available #because #carry #commercial #far

Not an old woman that buys a paper of pins, without yielding a part of the price to the banks as interest! ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#buys #interest #old #old woman #paper

The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#fooled #his #ideals #interest #may

Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome guy too, but back then, he was a real aggressive kid and they were in such a different place. Stacy was so sensitive and at the same time so competitive when it came to his skating. ↗

— John Robinson

#awesome #back #came #competitive #different

Tony, Stacy and Jay really looked at life completely different and that played into everything that they did, whether it was skating or with their friendships. And for the three of us, we had such a close relationship off screen, that it was so easy to have that on screen. ↗

— John Robinson

#close relationship #completely #did #different #easy

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#flattered #i #man #me #picks

You can never properly predict the future as it really turns out. So you are doing something a little different when you write science fiction. You are trying to take a different perspective on now. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#different perspective #doing #fiction #future #little

You know, people who almost - yeah, there's a slight reluctance there - but there's also an ambiguity. What are their morals? What is their code of living. What are they really doing here. And it is just interesting because it is never black or white. ↗

— Matt Robinson

#also #ambiguity #because #black #black or white

I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of music. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#because #being #considered #event #ever

One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#acts #family #i #i can #motown