Eric Maskin Quotes
There are some things that we value as a public good that the markets can't deliver, like clean air.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
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I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
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In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.
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As I grow older, I become more and more of a Marxist - Groucho, that is. When you have lived two-thirds of your life, you know the value of a good joke.
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The secrecy thing has gotten to be more and more prevalent in films, and maybe that's good. It's nice to go see a film and not know anything about it. Sometimes I feel like we know too much about films.
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I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine.
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I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
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I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my religiousness as good - I think religion is good for children, especially educated children, because it allows for imagination, a whole imaginative world apart from the practical world.
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The Ewoks were definitely a challenge of writing 'The Jedi Doth Return.' After having done so many things with characters who don't speak English, how was I going to make them stand out? Jedi is also rich with emotional material, particularly Darth Vader's transformation from the dark side back to the good.
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You think about the artists I look at as icons, and you assume they were instantly embraced. That's usually not the case. In reality, they had to overcome a lot of noes to get where they wanted to be.
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The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight - that could be a good name for a superhero.
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Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
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Legacy does matter to me, and I want to leave a good one in MMA.
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I would love to have children some day. I'd like little gay boys. That would be good.
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I've done 'Yo Gabba Gabba!' I've done... oh, it's not called 'Rapunzel' anymore. 'Tangled', that's it. Those are both huge.
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I hope I presented what I felt the woman seemed to be about, but I couldn't give any reason as to why she remained in the relationship other than that their relationship was very special.
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I turned on the pillow with a little moan, and at this juncture Jeeves entered with the vital oolong. I clutched at it like a drowning man at a straw hat.
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There are some things that we value as a public good that the markets can't deliver, like clean air.
