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I would be quite surprised if this case survived the obvious defense by the Justice Department that this is an attempt to short-circuit the regular course of tax collections. – Edward Kleinbard	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Now the channel for buying these illegal weapons has widened, in past years we seized pistols and rifles that people had in their own collections or for hunting. Now grenade launchers are seized, and blocks of TNT. – Olena Hitlyanska	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It seems that some thought went into collecting the coins, and it is possible that the person who buried the cache was a coin collector, he acted in just the same way as stamp and coin collectors manage collections today. – Donald Tzvi Ariel	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We could have a case where you could have a Republican president who believes in abolishing the capital gains tax, congress says no, and he then prioritizes IRS collections and says don't collect the capital gains tax, doing exactly what Obama is doing. – Charles Krauthammer	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The collections managers were in touch to say they had a Shakespeare First Folio and my first reaction was yeah, right, sure you do. But on much closer inspection they turned out to be right. – Emma Smith	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In a culture that has been suppressed for so long, when things start opening up, you're liable to get a sort of burst of energy and momentum. This generation of private collectors in China, the big ones at least, they've had a couple of decades to make their fortunes and it's natural they're now spending it on artists and art collections. – Aric Chen	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What I find fascinating -- what makes it almost easy for me -- is that a lot of these objects in many of the collections that I go to, while they are cared for, they're not typically the central pieces of the collection, these are not the pieces that these collections tend to think of as their core identity. – Wendel White	Found on CNN 8 years ago
ICARDA had to move collections in Syria to Morocco and Lebanon and the seed vault helped them reestablish their collections. – Cierra Martin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are so many beautiful fossils in private collections -- enough to make a good museum. – Zhou Zhonghe	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Every season I try to tell these stories with my collections -- I try to learn more about Ethiopia and its beautiful culture, it's where we come from, it's in our blood. – Mahlet Afework	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There are art works in private collections which are just starting to move, some objects that have been within families for 60-plus years. – Katharine Arnold	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are thrilled that Hu Bing has become an International Ambassador for London Collections Men, as his enormous influence, knowledge of the Chinese market and enthusiasm for fashion makes him a perfect choice, having an International Ambassador in China is key to the development of London Collections Men. – Dylan Jones	Found on CNN 8 years ago
These are a little bit like fashion mix tapes, they are collections of items curated by our brands or partners that are great ways to discover. – Chris Morton	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The museum, founded in 1824, is filled with treasures found in digs commissioned by Savoy kings and completed with the finds of Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli. The vast holdings include a captivating statue of Ramses II, one of the world's most important papyrus collections and nearly the entire contents of an architect's tomb dating back well over 3,000 years. The large-scale renovations nearly doubled the space, allowing many artifacts to be taken out of storage and a more complete and modern exposition of those already on display. The museum remained open during the years of work, rotating closures of wings. `' It is a very important improvement from an archaeological and Egyptological point of view. – Guillemette Andreu	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
A lot of (McQueen's) colleagues say he started his collections with the concept of a show, he always wanted people to have a strong reaction to what he was going. – Kate Bethune	Found on CNN 9 years ago
McQueen's collections were so enthralling and yet at the same time each garment was so beautifully crafted -- so you have this extreme attention to detail, fastidious tailoring, beautiful embellishments and incorporation of all sorts of different materials. – Claire Wilcox	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Older museum collections are a tremendous resource for bioarchaeologists and archaeological scientists, this study is an excellent example of how modern bioarchaeological and scientific methods can be applied to these invaluable collections to shed important new light on the past. – Emily Webb	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
As cash rent collections start this spring, I expect to see more farm operators who have had difficulty acquiring adequate financing either let leases go or try and renegotiate terms. – Jim Farrell	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Jack of all trades, master of none Jacking up WISDOM with everyone That was stolen from a little old man Because he thinks everyone's dumb. He's a Doctor and a Faith Healer He's a Teacher and a Cheater He's a PREACHER and a Sinner He's a Musician and a Politician He's a Judge with a grudge He is trying to be an Artist But nobody was pleased. Jack of all trades Speaking highly of his trades But not even a master of one. Records, showed none... A COPY and PASTE TEACHER, And a PAINTLESS PAINTER. Trying to be a motivator, But, avoids his own mirror. Advice foods and health facts, But who's overweight and fat. Words of pretense, But a bad influence. Tried to create more, But achieve worse than before. Kindness is his devotion, But it's the opposite of his actions. Love and peace as problem solutions, But shows love of gun collections. Your virtue of righteousness, Are just a paradox, it is worthless. You're no mystery, But just plain MISERY. Jack of all trades, For sure master of NONE. – STOOLarts KONCEPT	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Borrowers of books --those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes. – Charles Lamb	added by anonymous 10 years ago
I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes. – Charles Lamb	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all. – Sbastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I would be quite surprised if this case survived the obvious defense by the Justice Department that this is an attempt to short-circuit the regular course of tax collections.

– Edward Kleinbard

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Now the channel for buying these illegal weapons has widened, in past years we seized pistols and rifles that people had in their own collections or for hunting. Now grenade launchers are seized, and blocks of TNT.

– Olena Hitlyanska

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It seems that some thought went into collecting the coins, and it is possible that the person who buried the cache was a coin collector, he acted in just the same way as stamp and coin collectors manage collections today.

– Donald Tzvi Ariel

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We could have a case where you could have a Republican president who believes in abolishing the capital gains tax, congress says no, and he then prioritizes IRS collections and says don't collect the capital gains tax, doing exactly what Obama is doing.

– Charles Krauthammer

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The collections managers were in touch to say they had a Shakespeare First Folio and my first reaction was yeah, right, sure you do. But on much closer inspection they turned out to be right.

– Emma Smith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In a culture that has been suppressed for so long, when things start opening up, you're liable to get a sort of burst of energy and momentum. This generation of private collectors in China, the big ones at least, they've had a couple of decades to make their fortunes and it's natural they're now spending it on artists and art collections.

– Aric Chen

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What I find fascinating -- what makes it almost easy for me -- is that a lot of these objects in many of the collections that I go to, while they are cared for, they're not typically the central pieces of the collection, these are not the pieces that these collections tend to think of as their core identity.

– Wendel White

Found on CNN
8 years ago

ICARDA had to move collections in Syria to Morocco and Lebanon and the seed vault helped them reestablish their collections.

– Cierra Martin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are so many beautiful fossils in private collections -- enough to make a good museum.

– Zhou Zhonghe

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Every season I try to tell these stories with my collections -- I try to learn more about Ethiopia and its beautiful culture, it's where we come from, it's in our blood.

– Mahlet Afework

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There are art works in private collections which are just starting to move, some objects that have been within families for 60-plus years.

– Katharine Arnold

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are thrilled that Hu Bing has become an International Ambassador for London Collections Men, as his enormous influence, knowledge of the Chinese market and enthusiasm for fashion makes him a perfect choice, having an International Ambassador in China is key to the development of London Collections Men.

– Dylan Jones

Found on CNN
8 years ago

These are a little bit like fashion mix tapes, they are collections of items curated by our brands or partners that are great ways to discover.

– Chris Morton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The museum, founded in 1824, is filled with treasures found in digs commissioned by Savoy kings and completed with the finds of Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli. The vast holdings include a captivating statue of Ramses II, one of the world's most important papyrus collections and nearly the entire contents of an architect's tomb dating back well over 3,000 years. The large-scale renovations nearly doubled the space, allowing many artifacts to be taken out of storage and a more complete and modern exposition of those already on display. The museum remained open during the years of work, rotating closures of wings. `' It is a very important improvement from an archaeological and Egyptological point of view.

– Guillemette Andreu

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

A lot of (McQueen's) colleagues say he started his collections with the concept of a show, he always wanted people to have a strong reaction to what he was going.

– Kate Bethune

Found on CNN
9 years ago

McQueen's collections were so enthralling and yet at the same time each garment was so beautifully crafted -- so you have this extreme attention to detail, fastidious tailoring, beautiful embellishments and incorporation of all sorts of different materials.

– Claire Wilcox

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Older museum collections are a tremendous resource for bioarchaeologists and archaeological scientists, this study is an excellent example of how modern bioarchaeological and scientific methods can be applied to these invaluable collections to shed important new light on the past.

– Emily Webb

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

As cash rent collections start this spring, I expect to see more farm operators who have had difficulty acquiring adequate financing either let leases go or try and renegotiate terms.

– Jim Farrell

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Jack of all trades, master of none Jacking up WISDOM with everyone That was stolen from a little old man Because he thinks everyone's dumb. He's a Doctor and a Faith Healer He's a Teacher and a Cheater He's a PREACHER and a Sinner He's a Musician and a Politician He's a Judge with a grudge He is trying to be an Artist But nobody was pleased. Jack of all trades Speaking highly of his trades But not even a master of one. Records, showed none... A COPY and PASTE TEACHER, And a PAINTLESS PAINTER. Trying to be a motivator, But, avoids his own mirror. Advice foods and health facts, But who's overweight and fat. Words of pretense, But a bad influence. Tried to create more, But achieve worse than before. Kindness is his devotion, But it's the opposite of his actions. Love and peace as problem solutions, But shows love of gun collections. Your virtue of righteousness, Are just a paradox, it is worthless. You're no mystery, But just plain MISERY. Jack of all trades, For sure master of NONE.

– STOOLarts KONCEPT

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Borrowers of books --those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

– Charles Lamb

added by anonymous
10 years ago

I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

– Charles Lamb

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

– Sbastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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