Ha-Joon Chang Quotes
A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I'm a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I'm happy to be Jewish.
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I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They're the cemetery workers.
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I have much to say about the pain I've felt and seen inside of prison. It has been an eye-opening and harrowing experience.
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Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.
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We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
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Time is what death needs to grow people in.
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Good musicals, a strange world, seem so easy. People say, 'Ohhh, it's magic.' Nothing's magic. A thing doesn't jell. Adapt. Change the rhythm. Shorten the scene. Rewrite the character. Maneuver the waters. Seeming easy is why so many shows aren't good.
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I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general.
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Artwork can be a portal, a kind of rethinking and reseeing of the world as we live it.
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A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.