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“Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys. It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.”
Source : "A Lost Chord" l. 1 (1858)
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“I've always believed it's important to make the invisible visible. And valuing that which has been taken for granted is something that I've always instinctually known is the key to the kind of society I want to live in and raise my children in.”
Source : "'An incredible container for transformation'". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. May 9, 2014.
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“It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.”
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“... preliminary accounting, banking and surveying (known as arithmetic, algebra and geometry).”
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“When you're in a commodity business, the only way to thrive is to be a low-cost producer. And when you're selling money, you're in a commodity business.”
Source : Duff McDonald (2009). “Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase”, p.151, Simon and Schuster
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“The increase in the assets of the Federal Reserve Banks from 143 Million dollars in 1913 to 45 Billion dollars in 1949 went directly to the private stockholders of the [Federal Reserve] banks.”
Source : Eustace Clarence Mullins (2013). “The Study of The Federal Reserve and Its Secrets”, p.180, Simon and Schuster
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“A rolling loan gathers no loss,”
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“That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it.”
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“Never loan money, you're not reading or willing to give away.”
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“Some refuse the loan of life to avoid the debt of death.”