George Akerlof Quotes
The only way we are going to ameliorate pressing social needs is through public intervention.

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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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Osho is one of India's greatest mystics.... I see him as one of the world's great teachers, thinkers, philosophers and guides of our times. I have enormous respect for his world vision and the kind of International Communities he is building. I have always felt his influence in my life.
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Consistency in opinion is the slow poison of intellectual life, the destroyer of its vividness and energy.
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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
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Although not yet routine, many cancer centers have the technology to sequence some or all of a patient's cancer genome. This can provide massive amounts of valuable information about your cancer, including whether you have genetic mutations and other abnormalities for which new drugs are available.
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I happen to think that as the Ukraine moves to the West, towards the E.U., eventually towards NATO, it will pave the way also for Russia moving towards the West. Because it will become a logical extension of the same process, and it will eliminate any imperial ambitions.
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The only way we are going to ameliorate pressing social needs is through public intervention.