James M. Buchanan Quotes
The hard core in public choice can be summarized in three presuppositions: (1) methodological individualism, (2) rational choice, and (3) politics-as-exchange.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.
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I had novels to write, so I wrote them.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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I would actually like to play Bobby Brown. To me, he was just the King of R&B at one point.
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I think the future takes care of itself.
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This result is due to a phenomenon of interference which occurs within the sensitive layer.
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When you work somewhere and you feel comfortable, you don't want to leave. You want to stay there forever.
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I think tripe is maligned. It's wonderful stuff, but everyone goes 'urgh.' You have to wash and then cook it, very gently braise it, for eight hours. It uplifts you but steadies you at the same time.
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We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
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On 'Glee,' the director can be like, 'Hey, your face is looking a little too intense here.' And they can show me the screen, and I can be like, 'I know exactly what to do here.'
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Nothing embitters my old age like the circulation of absurd stories that I retire as civilization advances, that I shun the white men and seek the Indians, and that now even when old, I seek to retire beyond the second Alleganies.
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We have been civilized for a thousand millennia. We have histories of hundreds of those millennia. We have tried everything, Anarchism, with the rest. But I have not tried it. They say there is nothing new under any sun. But if each life is not new, each single life, then why are we born?
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My favorite color is light pink. I also like baby blue because it brings out my eyes.
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Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.
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People have been starving for intellectual fodder, but the best way to get people to close their eyes and not say anything is to tell them that they're not smart enough to comprehend.
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My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.
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You cannot write well or much (and I venture the opinion that you cannot write well unless you write much) unless you form a habit.
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Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer.
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The hard core in public choice can be summarized in three presuppositions: (1) methodological individualism, (2) rational choice, and (3) politics-as-exchange.
