Christina Romer Quotes
A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem.
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I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.
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Emotions come first, and in the most direct sense: you first have an emotion and then have a feeling. But also first in the history of the human race, for the ability to have emotions long preceded the ability to have feelings.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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Fantasy is like an idealized reality, and the core of fantasy is the one person can make a difference.
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I'm the type of person who doesn't want to sit alone in a restaurant or bar.
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Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.
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I'm still the fat kid from high school who never had a date.
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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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I had spent time in New York, where I loved the idea that theater could be done up in tiny little rooms rather than for lots of money on a big stage, and be tied to ordinary life.
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I wrote my first play when I was eight.
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I became a co-chair of the Congressional Study Group from Germany several years ago with the expressed purpose of helping increase aid to Holocaust survivors.
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I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.
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There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.
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America has always been a land of diversity, basically made up of immigrants, and that is something I want to see continued. It's something I'm proud of when people think of America.
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It's easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy.
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I love stand-up comics, particularly those who have embraced podcasting.
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The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.
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Don't be 'consistent', but be simply true.
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As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.
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When I first started the show, I was known as the 'cop nerd.' I was in the 9th Precinct in the East Village every day. I'd be at work wearing a fake bulletproof vest with foam in it, then I'd leave and put on a real one to ride around with these guys.
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Sometimes my feelings get so big that I just want to swim out into the darkness. Just jump off the end of the world. Sometimes I want to dig, right down to the bones of everything. Sometimes when you dig, you dig up stuff you might not want to find. But that’s where the good stuff lies.
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem.
