Paul Krugman Quotes
Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system is.
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I have faith in the jury system.
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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In countries operating a largely capitalist system, there does not appear to be a wide understanding among its actors and overseers of either its advantages or its hazards.
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I'm organized, but receipts tend to mess up my system. They're barbarians! So I store them in a notepad.
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They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.
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I unabashedly, unashamedly, unequivocally support the explosion of entrepreneurs in the capitalist system.
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After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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Female hysteria is a subject I'm very fond of. I always try to bring it in somewhere. For me, it is the finest part of the line between comedy and tragedy.
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Our port facilities should have the freedom to levy a market-based container fee which will provide new revenue and make our system more equitable to the American taxpayer and American manufacturers.
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Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down.
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Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air.
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I worked my way through the education system and was treated as though I had value.
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I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian.
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Black and brown communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by deficiencies in our criminal justice system.
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We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there.
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So many people have become divorced from the system, criminalised by their lifestyle.
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In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.
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I never had a dime to my name before I became a fighter. I never had friends before, or respect. Now when people see me on the street, they turn around and say, "Ain't that Sonny Liston, the fighter?
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Fashion is very much emotional. When you see it, or when you wear the right clothing, or you wear whatever, it's supposed to make you feel something. You're supposed to feel some type of emotion, and I feel like I try to do that when I'm on a red carpet.
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Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.
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The facts of the matter are that we have known for a long time that diagnoses are often not useful or reliable, but we have nevertheless continued to use them. We now know that we cannot distinguish insanity from sanity.
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Shall we be honest about this? The mind needs wild animals. The body needs the trek that takes it looking for them.
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Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system is.
