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It's a good brand and very good quality, and (Barabas) sells about 80% of their shirts in our store, i have a lot of young people, adults and just anyone wanting to buy these shirts. – Juventino Romero	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I will vote to revise that bill. There are parts of it that made sense to me, look George, if you have a small gun shop owner in Northern Vermont who sells a gun legally to somebody and then, you know, something happens to that guy, he goes nuts or something, and he kills somebody, should the gun shop owner be held liable? I think not. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Look George, if you have a small gun shop owner in Northern Vermont who sells a gun legally to somebody and then, you know, something happens to that guy, he goes nuts or something, and he kills somebody, should the gun shop owner be held liable? I think not. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 8 years ago
A basket of tomatoes sells for $60 when they are in the best condition, farmers lose 50% due to lack of storage - $30 a basket. For 50 cents they can eliminate the loss completely. – Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu	Found on CNN 8 years ago
For stuff that's illiquid even under ordinary conditions, anyone who sells under present conditions will take a bath. – Marty Fridson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We grow rice because that is what sells, productivity for lentils is so low that we'll not be able to sustain ourselves without massive government support. – Babu Ram Saini	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Silver Oak is a brand like Ferrari or Herms -- it’s something that’s helped elevate the whole Napa Valley brand even higher, they’re very well-respected in the wine world, they have an amazing market share, their sales are through the roof and every distributor would love to have them in their portfolio because it’s such a great annuity. It just sells and that’s not always the case with wineries. They just keep truckin’ along. – Michael Honig	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Of all my vegetables, broccoli is the most sought after, each kilogram sells for 90 rupees ($1.40). – Farmer Phub Zam	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
My client just sells cars, the car is not a character. The car is a car. – Larry Zerner	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A lot of our customers are people who happen to be walking by, and they come in a little surprised and amused by a shop that just sells pencils, but we also get a lot of word-of-mouth business from journalists, designers, architects and kids coming in after school. I love seeing kids get excited about pencils. Adults remember the smell, the tactile sensation of writing with a freshly sharpened pencil. – Caroline Weaver	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
As I sit here going almost zero miles per hour in the carpool lane on Highway 101, it kind of sells itself, people are tired of traffic and its impact on their quality of life and on the economy as a whole. – Carl Guardino	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Every selfie you post online cannot be taken back and so you need to make sure it's perfect and there is a lot of pressure to nail a selfie, you definitely want it to be sexy because, let's be real, sex sells. – Jenesis Parado	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There won't be any discount (if Sberbank sells the debt). – Maxim Poletayev	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A kilo of aloe leaves sells at 380 shillings. Two big leaves of the succulent plant equal a kilo. We can export between 45 and 80 kilos a month. – Teresa Sarioyo	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Lira is not only suffering because of Erdogan's continuous criticism of monetary policy. (It) sells off because the current account gap still translates into a sizeable daily financing need, heavy reliance on short-term dollar borrowing makes this balance of payments very volatile. As usual, currency is the first channel to absorb the shocks. – Luis Costa	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm not worried about oil prices at all, pizza sells, no matter what. – Chris Duell	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Don't view these as imports because with Algeria we're going to create a joint venture. It's like a business mixing two types of crude ... and it sells at a very good price. – Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give. – Jean de La Fontaine	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client. – William Seward Burroughs	added by anonymous 14 years ago
God sells knowledge for labour -- honour for risk. – Arabic Proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago
He who must die, must die in the dark, even though he sells candles. – Colombian Proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us. – Vincent Voiture	added by anonymous 14 years ago

It's a good brand and very good quality, and (Barabas) sells about 80% of their shirts in our store, i have a lot of young people, adults and just anyone wanting to buy these shirts.

– Juventino Romero

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I will vote to revise that bill. There are parts of it that made sense to me, look George, if you have a small gun shop owner in Northern Vermont who sells a gun legally to somebody and then, you know, something happens to that guy, he goes nuts or something, and he kills somebody, should the gun shop owner be held liable? I think not.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Look George, if you have a small gun shop owner in Northern Vermont who sells a gun legally to somebody and then, you know, something happens to that guy, he goes nuts or something, and he kills somebody, should the gun shop owner be held liable? I think not.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
8 years ago

A basket of tomatoes sells for $60 when they are in the best condition, farmers lose 50% due to lack of storage - $30 a basket. For 50 cents they can eliminate the loss completely.

– Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu

Found on CNN
8 years ago

For stuff that's illiquid even under ordinary conditions, anyone who sells under present conditions will take a bath.

– Marty Fridson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We grow rice because that is what sells, productivity for lentils is so low that we'll not be able to sustain ourselves without massive government support.

– Babu Ram Saini

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Silver Oak is a brand like Ferrari or Herms -- it’s something that’s helped elevate the whole Napa Valley brand even higher, they’re very well-respected in the wine world, they have an amazing market share, their sales are through the roof and every distributor would love to have them in their portfolio because it’s such a great annuity. It just sells and that’s not always the case with wineries. They just keep truckin’ along.

– Michael Honig

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Of all my vegetables, broccoli is the most sought after, each kilogram sells for 90 rupees ($1.40).

– Farmer Phub Zam

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

My client just sells cars, the car is not a character. The car is a car.

– Larry Zerner

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A lot of our customers are people who happen to be walking by, and they come in a little surprised and amused by a shop that just sells pencils, but we also get a lot of word-of-mouth business from journalists, designers, architects and kids coming in after school. I love seeing kids get excited about pencils. Adults remember the smell, the tactile sensation of writing with a freshly sharpened pencil.

– Caroline Weaver

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

As I sit here going almost zero miles per hour in the carpool lane on Highway 101, it kind of sells itself, people are tired of traffic and its impact on their quality of life and on the economy as a whole.

– Carl Guardino

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Every selfie you post online cannot be taken back and so you need to make sure it's perfect and there is a lot of pressure to nail a selfie, you definitely want it to be sexy because, let's be real, sex sells.

– Jenesis Parado

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There won't be any discount (if Sberbank sells the debt).

– Maxim Poletayev

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A kilo of aloe leaves sells at 380 shillings. Two big leaves of the succulent plant equal a kilo. We can export between 45 and 80 kilos a month.

– Teresa Sarioyo

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Lira is not only suffering because of Erdogan's continuous criticism of monetary policy. (It) sells off because the current account gap still translates into a sizeable daily financing need, heavy reliance on short-term dollar borrowing makes this balance of payments very volatile. As usual, currency is the first channel to absorb the shocks.

– Luis Costa

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I'm not worried about oil prices at all, pizza sells, no matter what.

– Chris Duell

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Don't view these as imports because with Algeria we're going to create a joint venture. It's like a business mixing two types of crude ... and it sells at a very good price.

– Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

– Jean de La Fontaine

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client.

– William Seward Burroughs

added by anonymous
14 years ago

God sells knowledge for labour -- honour for risk.

– Arabic Proverb

added by anonymous
14 years ago

He who must die, must die in the dark, even though he sells candles.

– Colombian Proverb

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.

– Vincent Voiture

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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