George Akerlof Quotes
My Swedish grandmother was the daughter of a dairy farmer who lived near Hedemora. My Swedish grandfather worked as a clerk for the Swedish railways in the Stockholm station.
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People take things so seriously.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.
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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
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I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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Delhi is full of energy. It is special to me because I have shot my first film here, and it is closer to my home town Chandigarh. I love the food, the vibe, and the people here.
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Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
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My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house in Nebraska. When she was a tiny girl - in other words, only four human generations ago - there were still enough wild bison on the Plains that she was afraid lightning storms would spook them and they would trample her home.
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When the Bitcoin white paper emerged in 2008, it was completely revolutionary. The amount of concepts that had to come together in just the right way - computer science, cryptography, and economic incentives - was astonishing.
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I was in college in the sixties when movies really got good. I'm a fan of Bergman and Hitchcock and Polanski and Antonioni. Those are my gods.
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I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much.
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My Swedish grandmother was the daughter of a dairy farmer who lived near Hedemora. My Swedish grandfather worked as a clerk for the Swedish railways in the Stockholm station.
