Josiah Tucker quotes
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“And what is true of a shop-keeper is true of a shop-keeping nation.”
-- Josiah TuckerSource : A Letter from a Merchant in London to his Nephew in North America (1766) See Napoleon 5; Adam Smith 7
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“A disunited people till the end of time, suspicious and distrustful of each other, [the Americans] will be divided and subdivided into little commonwealths... with no center of union and no common interest.”
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“Travel should rub off Local Prejudices and provide an enlarged and impartial view of Men and Things.”
-- Josiah Tucker
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“It's not nice going into the supermarket and the woman at the till is thinking: 'Dodgy keeper'.”
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“I do feel we have several great keepers on this team. We just need to get them that experience.”
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“Good keepers sniff out attacks whether with the feet or a throw out.”
Source : "Wandering With USA Goalkeeper Tim Howard" by Alan Black, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2011.
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“I was in Moldova airport and I went into the duty-free shop - and there wasn't a duty-free shop.”
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“Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.”
Source : "Fictional character: Bernie 'Mac' McCullough". TV Series "The Bernie Mac Show", www.imdb.com. 2001-2006.
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“The soul is often hungrier than the body and no shop can sell it food.”
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