James Mirrlees Quotes
The income tax is a much less effective tool for reducing inequalities than has often been thought.
James Mirrlees
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I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.
Fernando Botero
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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.
Natalie Goldberg
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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.
W. H. Davies
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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.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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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.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
Gary Cooper
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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.
Al Pacino
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Citizens should bear the responsibility to act.
Ai Weiwei
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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.
Brunello Cucinelli
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I have had struggles with some eating disorders, just eating issues.
Joanna Going
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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.
Kimora Lee Simmons
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As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot of different things.
Ansel Elgort
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I'd like to protect children, too, but… is everything worth sacrificing to that? I mean, drugs have done a lot of good. … They've midwived a lot of good ideas… lot of great songs, you know? I think 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. … I think Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. There, I said it.
Bill Maher
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Previous efforts to eradicate malaria failed for several reasons, including political instability and technical challenges in delivering resources, especially in certain countries in Africa.
Anthony Fauci
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Dress for your body type. Some people are blessed enough to be able to throw on something that Beyonce wears and it looks amazing. If I try to go against the grain and wear something that my body doesn't like, it's going to show.
Lizzo
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So the Great Santini was how he liked being referred to by his children. He would line up his seven children, and there was this ritual we'd go through. And he would say, who's the greatest of them all? And we - the seven - would say, you are, oh, Great Santini. And he would say, who knows all, hears all and sees all? You do, oh, Great Santini. So this was the ridiculous way I was raised.
Terry Gross
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The income tax is a much less effective tool for reducing inequalities than has often been thought.
James Mirrlees
