George Akerlof Quotes
The only way we are going to ameliorate pressing social needs is through public intervention.
Quotes to Explore
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
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There's no snobbery or resentment from serious polo people towards those who just come for the party.
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If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.
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The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.
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I am a writer of the textbooks of scientology.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.
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If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
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Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
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I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need.
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Surviving is the only glory in war.
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Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired?
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Mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up.
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My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
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It's good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it's definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.
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We know that no algorithm can solve global poverty; no pill can cure a chronic illness; no box of chocolates can mend a broken relationship; no educational DVD can transform a child into a baby Einstein; no drone strike can end a terrorist conflict. Sadly, there is no such thing as 'One Tip to a Flat Stomach.'
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Since then, my approach to all things spiritual is rather cynical you could say. When somebody present something to me as spiritual, my first instinct is to be cynical and think, "oh yeah, one of those again." You see so much of it see in "spiritual culture" and people get very excited about it. It's all very "hoo haw."
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I wasn't the most confident kid in school and college.
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Nature is never so admired as when she is understood.
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For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.
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To me the risk of what happened in Mississippi and what happened in Louisiana is always the worst-case scenario.
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The only way we are going to ameliorate pressing social needs is through public intervention.
