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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The government would be making decisions about what type of care is given, what procedures can be performed, and the kind of medications prescribed. It would be a very profound change from the ideal to which we aspire.
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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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You never toot your own horn.
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A generous person, who never becomes hateful to the misbehavior of enemies, cannot create sorrow in his mind.
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You thought I would not weesh to marry him? Or per'aps you hoped?" said Fleur, her nostrils flaring. "What do I care how he looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave! And I shall do zat!" she added fiercely, pushing Mrs. Weasley aside and snatching the ointment from her.
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We didn't use the shuttle robot arm before, so this has been a training flow to get ready for that.
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A sense of humor is rare. It isn't telling a joke about how there are three ways to get to heaven. It's being in a restaurant and hearing someone say, Everyone's got their tale of woe, and then turning around and saying, Unfortunately, in life, there's more woe than tail.
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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.
