Christopher A. Sims Quotes
There isn't much political coloration in my economic writing; it's not surprising that few people know my political views. They really aren't very important.
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When I first got married to my husband, he had boxes full of photos of my two stepsons, ages 5 and 8 at the time, and I put them together in some little albums and wrote notes about how happy I was that they were a part of my life.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
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Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury, and waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. The desire to jump up immediately - to point out the flaws in logic or the factual distortions - is often overpowering.
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You work hard, you sacrifice for everything you do, and in one second, someone can tarnish your name - someone can bad-mouth you, and someone can say things. People let all of the good things gets washed away because someone spoke ill of them.
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When someone comes forward and is an individual, such as a Lady Gaga or a Katy Perry, people respond to them because there is that sense of innocence. It's obviously dress up and theatre.
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There isn't much political coloration in my economic writing; it's not surprising that few people know my political views. They really aren't very important.
