Peter Blair Henry Quotes
I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual perspective. To sidestep any biases I might have, I use the objective lens of the stock market to discover which policies actually delivered prosperity to emerging markets.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.
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People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It is no surprise then that, according to some surveys, workers across the world value job security more highly than wages.
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of just saying, 'Hey I wanted to film it in Mississippi.' It would seem like it was a hometown boy just wanting to be home.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.
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It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.
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People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.
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I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.
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If you're feeling pressure, then you shouldn't be here.
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I always loved music and was drawn to it and affected by it. But it wasn't until I got to San Diego that I started exploring music more.
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I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual perspective. To sidestep any biases I might have, I use the objective lens of the stock market to discover which policies actually delivered prosperity to emerging markets.
