Martin Feldstein Quotes
Thanks to the work of John Maynard Keynes and of Milton Friedman, we now have a better understanding of how governments can (at least in principle) reduce the severity of major economic downturns. Keynesian economics taught us that government spending can raise GDP and reduce unemployment.
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about the work or the next day's scenes, but not staying in character. But as a film goes on, you become more and more fragile, emotionally. And physically too, actually.
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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
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I don't do meetings.
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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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From my experience in working with bureaucrats and politicians, if you are a credible business group, they will definitely help you. At the end of the day, they, too, want development of their constituency, state or country.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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I spend a lot of my time on the phone, pestering people. 'What's new in your lab? Can I come visit your lab? When can I come visit your lab?' I'm basically a professional pesterer.
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The moment I moved to New York City to study fashion, I met and became friends with people not only involved in fashion but in all the arts. It's quite fluid with so many types of artists, designers, and musicians who know each other through collaborations or friends of friends.
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And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs.
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Amusement is a way of boredom-avoidance through external stimulation that fails to exercise our minds. It's mere diversion.
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I think that the first film I saw in the theater was 'The AristoCats.' I was like, 'Oh my God, this is brilliant!' That's when I knew I wanted to work in cinema. I was four or five.
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Thanks to the work of John Maynard Keynes and of Milton Friedman, we now have a better understanding of how governments can (at least in principle) reduce the severity of major economic downturns. Keynesian economics taught us that government spending can raise GDP and reduce unemployment.
