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Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in. ↗

— James Buchan

#always #charge #democracies #estates #extend

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#expect #must #plan #prepare #were

The 12 years I was in Fleetwood Mac before were not particularly happy years. I was not in a very good place, psychologically, when I left. I didn't have a lot of confidence in what I was doing. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#confidence #doing #fleetwood #fleetwood mac #good

We can't compare stories. We can only know in our hearts that we are the same. That may be the best we can do. ↗

— Betty Buckley

#compare #hearts #know #may #only

Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place where there's nothing to hang on: it comes from a part of yourself that simply knows, expresses itself, and is. ↗

— Jeff Buckley

#comes #compact #dark #expresses #frame

I will never regret not denouncing apartheid. ↗

— Zola Budd

#denouncing #i #never #never regret #regret

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#capitalize #comes #expect #prepare #worst

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#fluctuations #folly #friend #look #market

With an apple I will astonish Paris. ↗