James Mirrlees Quotes
The income tax is a much less effective tool for reducing inequalities than has often been thought.
Quotes to Explore
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I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.
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Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
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My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed his house by a ship's rules.
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Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.
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There was electricity in our village only for 2-3 hours a day, so all my life, I studied under a lamp.
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I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
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Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.
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My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I'm fabulous.
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It's actually very beautiful when you can't conceive on your own, you can actually go to the doctors and with science you can create a child.
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I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day - that's what my desk is.
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Probably in time physiologists will be able to make nerves connecting the bodies of different people; this will have the advantage that we shall be able to feel another man's tooth aching.
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You need friends, especially in the theatre, you need friends. You need people to interchange with, interface with, connect with. Together you’re going to make it, you’re going to do it together, you’re going to put it on, whatever it is.
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Citizens should bear the responsibility to act.
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If you are an investor, I hope that you will stay with me for three, four, ten years. But if you ask me to make profits in ways that I have to change my allure, I won't do that. I won't lose my identity.
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I have had struggles with some eating disorders, just eating issues.
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Even if you can't afford to travel the world, you can take your children to the museum, zoo or local park. And don't be afraid to take them to grown-up spots. Eating out in a restaurant teaches children how to be quiet and polite and gives them the pleasure of knowing you trust them to behave.
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I have two older sisters; I'm the youngest.
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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
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When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history.
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When my father would come home from the track after a good day, the whole room would light up; it was fairyland. But when he lost, it was black. In our house, it was always either a wake ... or a wedding.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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The income tax is a much less effective tool for reducing inequalities than has often been thought.
