Eric Maskin Quotes
Economic forecasting has actually got pretty good over the years, though admittedly, we don't always get it right.
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When I first started writing songs, I never intended on singing. I didn't really consider myself a singer at all. I was just kind of recording the demo vocals as a holding place until someone else came and sang.
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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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China's development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.
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We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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Out of the depths, O Lord, out of the depths,' begins the most beautiful of the services of our church, and it is out of the depths of my life that I must bring the incidents of this story.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.
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The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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If I was mentoring a young fighter, I'd tell him to spend more time on boxing. That doesn't mean I would ignore kickboxing - you still need to learn the defenses - but in stand-up, it's hard to beat good, solid boxing.
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Growing up, I didn't really know who the Tuskegee Airmen were.
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I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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Economic forecasting has actually got pretty good over the years, though admittedly, we don't always get it right.
