Peter Bofinger Quotes
I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages.
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I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.
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When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
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The CIA now assesses that four nations - Iraq, North Korea, Russia and, to the surprise of some specialists, France - have undeclared samples of the smallpox virus.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
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If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
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Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure I will be a lazy boy. I like to take time and relax and enjoy life.
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I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.
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I wasn't, like, this top model; I was quietly doing my work, and when I became an actress, people started doing research, and everybody found out. People dug out photos, and suddenly people became interested - but no one was interested in my photos when I was a model.
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I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.
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To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.
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My first concert was 'Nsync.
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Church attendance rates among white Americans without a college education have dropped pretty significantly. People with college degrees are more likely to go to church than people without college degrees among the white working class.
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The one thing I've learned exploring the deep is that you just can't even begin to imagine some of the bizarre creatures that are down there.
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I'm taking a vow not to advise.
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Governments don't want to be the last ones in the digital sphere if their people and businesses are already there. We have to make clear that the free movement of services in the E.U. also applies in the digital sphere. The shortcut is to create a digital union.
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I had an amazing childhood and always loved to sing and dance, but there were moments where I had ups and downs with my health that often tested me as it does many people. I've never hidden the fact that my health was sometimes not on my side, but I've never let it define me or deter me from my dreams.
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Some of the things we do are great, but they often have these iterations that are not great. We screw up sometimes. We get rejected.
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The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.
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I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages.
