Eric Maskin Quotes
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The more questions and answers we get, the more useful Quora is.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.
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I'm so secluded. Very alone.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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Vince McMahon is one of the greatest storytellers of all time, but WWE's not striving for the kind of innovation it's capable of.
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Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.
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I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.
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You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free, strife-free.
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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.
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What prevails in every corner of this globalized world is the real struggle of our species for its own survival.
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I don't look at the tabloids. I don't read the tabloids.
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The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.
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Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.
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Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.
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There is nothing better than being out there when the game is on the line; only now, I get to see what my players will do. How will they react? Retirement is fine for some people, but I got bored. I'm used to more of a fast-paced life.
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Beautiful language! Love's peculiar, own,But only to the spring and summer known.
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We should learn from the mistakes and experiences of others, particularly from those less knowledgable than we are. If our experiences are not grounded in reality, our decisions can never be correct.
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A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth! For them that quail to bring men out of ignorance, as I have quailed, and as you quail now when you know in all your black hearts that this be fraud - God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together!
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No man can prove upon awakening that he is the man who he thinks went to bed the night before, or that anything that he recollects is anything other than a convincing dream.
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When Ray calls, I always ask him, 'What is it you want to buy?'
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Also everyone's hearts are in the right place when you do a small movie. You're not doing it for the money; you're not doing it for the possibility of an Oscar nomination. You are doing it because you love the material.
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In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis.
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I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.
