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'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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I don't do drugs. I never have taken any drugs. I don't believe in them.
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I'm always writing something. There's always some structure sitting around someplace. There's always things on the computer, things scratched on score paper, legal tablets full of lyrics. It's never not buzzing around me all the time. I'm always doing it.
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The environment that nutures creative programmers kills management and marketing types - and vice versa.
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Identifying with a character is one of the best parts of seeing a movie, but as women, we've had to train ourselves to experience the male journey.
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I do not doubt that it would be easier for fate to take away your suffering than it would for me. But you will see for yourself that much has been gained if we succeed in turning your hysterical misery into common unhappiness.
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Honestly, dialogue is a weird area for me. It just comes naturally; I know I'm quite good at it, but I can't actually tell you why or how in any detail.
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I am not a monetarist, and I am not a Keynesian. On certain points I agree with each.