Maurice Allais Quotes
I am not a monetarist, and I am not a Keynesian. On certain points I agree with each.
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The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.
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I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.
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I tell my daughter Nyssa, 'You should respect my work, and I will also respect yours when you grow up.' 'Work is worship' is what I have told her.
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I would like 'I Dream of Genie' powers.
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I'm the kind of person that, if someone says, 'Oh yeah, you can't do that,' I want to then go do it.
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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
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No matter how much you've done before, you wonder if there will be a light at the end of this particular tunnel. It's the nature of the beast, and it's a part of what compels us. Every movie is a new lesson you learn making your way through it.
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Football games on Friday nights followed by field parties every weekend was how I spent my high school years.
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When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me - when I was an 8-year-old. They're in shorts and T-shirts. And it's not just on airplanes. It's in business offices, teachers' lounges, and churches.
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Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.
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That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez's 'When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba,' I played a young Fidel Castro.
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I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.
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Being married and having a child was not something I wanted, and I knew that at a very young age. I tend to be more solitary, and I'm truly a free spirit.
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I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.
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Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients.
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The circus is a global theme. It exists in all parts of the world - maybe not in Africa, but it exists in Asia in all parts. In Latin America, it's difficult to find a person who hasn't gone to the circus.
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There's a tendency when we write history to do it with the power of hindsight and then assume almost god-like knowledge that nobody living through history has.
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Everything for me becomes allegory.
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We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised.
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If you don't do the suspense correctly, then your jump scares are not going to work.
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I wanted to make sure they all knew that I apologized, ... that I just fell asleep. That was me, not thinking about the situation in the game.
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I am not a monetarist, and I am not a Keynesian. On certain points I agree with each.
