James Surowiecki Quotes
You might say that economic history is the history of people learning to manage risk.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret.
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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I'm attracted to stories that excite my imagination, stories that, as I'm reading the script, I feel it, I can see it, I can hear the characters. I'm attracted to characters that are real, that tap into something inside me that I haven't explored yet.
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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In 1956, I received an invitation to a dedication of an observatory in the Soviet Union, in Soviet Armenia, as a guest of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.
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What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.
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My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.
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The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a constant, ongoing attack, with one side or the other being maligned.
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I have been lucky enough to work with the world's best designers and top stylists - who have been my mentors.
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If the U.N. secretary-general withdraws the inspectors from Baghdad ... this means that the secretary-general has abandoned its own responsibility in maintaining peace and security in the world.
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Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
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You might say that economic history is the history of people learning to manage risk.
