James Mirrlees Quotes

It became clear I wanted to be a development economist. I mean, I said I wanted to work on the economics of poor countries. And I'd actually say that I don't think that was so much about narrowing the gap as about increasing their incomes, which means economic growth, which is really my prime interest.

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• I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

  

  Ed Koch
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• It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'

  

  J. B. Smoove
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• I could never say Rza's trash. But he didn't come with the right formula on '8 Diagrams.' I think 'Cuban Linx 2' will have the Clan back where they need to be, but then it's up for the Clan to be back where they need to be, too. 'Cos it ain't just the album, you know what I mean? It's everything.

  

  Raekwon
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• I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.

  

  Tamar Braxton
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• Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.

  

  Karen Kain
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• I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

  

  Adam Baldwin
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  • Escape

• Indonesia is hardly immune to catastrophic breakdowns, as the anti-Communist pogrom showed. But, like India, it has been relatively fortunate in evolving a mode of politics that can include many discontinuities - of class, region, ethnicity, and religion.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
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  • India

• Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
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• There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.

  

  Gail Collins
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• I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.

  

  Orlando Bloom
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• When you deal with a person who's experiencing dementia, you can see where they're struggling with knowledge. You can see what they forget completely, what they forget but they know what they once knew. You can tell how they're trying to remember.

  

  Walter Mosley
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• A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.

  

  Man Ray
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• I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.

  

  Iman
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• If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.

  

  Randall Kennedy
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• There are certainly talented instrumentalists coming from India. I see them performing all over the world.

  

  Zubin Mehta
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• I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.

  

  Patrice O'Neal
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• Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.

  

  Carlene Carter
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• I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.

  

  Nash Grier
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• Sometimes, America, when something's too bad, we don't want to look at it. We want to turn our head.

  

  Sam Childers
  • America
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• For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own.

  

  Francis Thompson
  • Pain

• And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same time having membership strength and only making change for a limited group of workers is not what our country really needs for people that work.

  

  Andy Stern
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  • Time
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• In my business, guys may age, but it's not even a question they're valued. But women my age are supposed to disappear.

  

  Mary Steenburgen
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• No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise.

  

  Christine Pelosi
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  • Option
  • Presidential

• It became clear I wanted to be a development economist. I mean, I said I wanted to work on the economics of poor countries. And I'd actually say that I don't think that was so much about narrowing the gap as about increasing their incomes, which means economic growth, which is really my prime interest.

  

  James Mirrlees
  • Work
  • Growth