Joseph Stiglitz Quotes
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.
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We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Michael, he doesn't have much of a problem anymore. He is high functional, probably because of early intervention.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
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Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.
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Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.
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I think human nature is eternal and constant.
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In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.
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It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?
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I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless.
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The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.
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Right now, I do not like kids at all. I mean, I love my fans and everything, but when you have kids following you around all day, it's like, 'Ugh, kids!' Maybe that will change when I get older.
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We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.
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Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the gospel of love by the gospel of hate, the other undermining the essential concept of human responsibility.
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Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.
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You are always free to choose what you do first, what you do second, and what you do not do at all
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I didn't have much, but I was always happy to share what I did have. It seemed like every African that came to New York City would show up at my apartment door at dinnertime, and I couldn't turn them away. I wasn't much older than any of them, but they started calling me 'Mama Africa' and the name stuck.
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Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.
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Workers' rights should be a central focus of development.