Phrase of the week

February 23, 2014 at 5:05 PMMichele Mottini

In Brazil even the past is unpredictable

Pedro Malan, former Brazilian finance minister, quoted by The Economist in ‘The past is epilogue’

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Phrase of the week

February 16, 2014 at 5:00 PMMichele Mottini

We love our lawyers

Bob Dudley, BP CEO, quoted by The Economist in ‘A shrunken giant’

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Phrase of the week

February 9, 2014 at 4:36 PMMichele Mottini

MONEY is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Francis Bacon, quoted by The Economist in ‘Spreading the muck’

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Phrase of the week

February 3, 2014 at 5:55 PMMichele Mottini

Jobs is a very abstract term

Governor Jerry Brown, quoted in ‘Bark if you don’t like the deficits’

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