James Mirrlees Quotes
The income tax is a much less effective tool for reducing inequalities than has often been thought.
James Mirrlees
Quotes to Explore
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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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I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
A. N. Wilson
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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.
Barry Manilow
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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.
Tamar Braxton
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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.
Ted Bell
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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.
Bertrand Russell
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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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I have two older sisters; I'm the youngest.
Elizabeth Perkins
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I can well imagine that certain writers, even writers that we'd consider today very great writers, may not necessarily have tested highly on IQ just because of their numerical skills, or maybe they may not be very good at memory, and are not particularly good at these kinds of tests.
Daniel Tammet
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Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing or from being able to have any kind of normal, happy life.
Daniel Tammet
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Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that.
Jon Huntsman, Jr.