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Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries.


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JAMES MADISON Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.
JAMES THURBER Love is what you've been through with somebody.
JAMES THURBER Buy a book in brown paper
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To see Annie Liffey trip, tumble and caper. JAMES JOYCE British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut....
JAMES PUREFOY Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company. The message is that all brilliance emanat...
JAMES SINEGAL I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, '...
JAMES BAY I really like playing people who are exciting to watch and who burn brightly.
JAMES PUREFOY No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruct...
JAMES LARKIN I loathe the expression What makes him tick. It is the American mind, looking for simple and singula...
JAMES THURBER Your parents are the parents you know best. Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the broth...
JAMES SALTER