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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#fears #live #optimist #pessimist #possible

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#invite #love #love is #marry #people

Britain is no longer one of the world's price setters. It is painful. It is a challenge to us in government to explain all that, and it is a pity that the political class is not preparing the public for it to understand how massive the problem is. ↗

— Vince Cable

#challenge #class #explain #government #how

Housing associations have fingered the fact that they cannot use their assets as liquidity due to Bank of England rules unlike their continental equivalents. This has emerged to be one of the main bottlenecks to getting investment going in the U.K. It is a Bank of England issue. ↗

— Vince Cable

#associations #bank #cannot #continental #due

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences. ↗

— Vince Cable

#aspect #balance #balance sheets #banking #banks

The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. ↗

— Herb Caen

#go #immortality #only #tends #the only thing

So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done. ↗

— Vince Cable

#clear #done #government #i #into

I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better. ↗

— Miguel Cabrera

#confident #day #every #every day #feel

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#children #decision #desires #encourage #give

There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#am #come #everyone #i #i am