Jerome Powell Quotes
The FOMC has considerable control over short-term interest rates. We have much less influence over long-term rates, which are set in the marketplace.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
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And it's sort of an old-fashioned ER, in that it's very much about the medicine, and how these people cope. There's very little about the personal lives of the characters.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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The most amazing thing about Karl Lagerfeld is that no matter what you ask him, you will always get an interesting answer. We even exchanged notes about ponytails.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
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Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.
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Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
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I don't think I ever worked harder at any match during my career to get runs as I did then, nor did I ever have to face in one game such consistently fast bowlers as the Australian pair, Gregory and McDonald.
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It was very weird because for a long time no one really recognised me from my films, but 'The Hobbit' has totally changed that, and I've had some really special moments, especially with youngsters.
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It is not easy for the courts to control the intelligence agencies. There has to be concerted and coordinated effort on part of the courts, the parliament, and the government.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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The FOMC has considerable control over short-term interest rates. We have much less influence over long-term rates, which are set in the marketplace.
