Earl Wilson Quotes
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.
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I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.
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Oregonians continually demonstrate a strong belief in fairness and equal treatment under the law.
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In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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If you're old enough to be arrested, you're old enough to carry a gun.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!
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I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.
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No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.
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I'm not always the first person to run out and see something I'm in. I don't know; for me, that's not why I did it. I did it because I wanted to act. I don't really think about the end result. I don't feel like I have to see it - for me, it already happened.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes.
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Our music's got flavor; it's got skill. And we present it really well.
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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.
