Paul Krugman Quotes
If one asks what substantive contributions F. A. Hayek made to our understanding of how the world works, one is left at something of a loss. Were it not for his politics, he would be virtually forgotten.
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I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be.
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I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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If people watch 'Broad City' very closely, we just drop lines about people we love, just to say we like them.
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The '90s and early 2000s were the 'I' decade. iPhone, the iPod - everything was about me. Look where that got us? In a terrible recession.
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I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.
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Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
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I guess I want very much to be recognized for my abilities, for the work I put in, and yet it's still always there - who my parents were. As much as I love my parents, if that was the last thing ever said about me - that I was their daughter - I would be disappointed that my contributions weren't strong enough on their own.
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I'm focused on doing what makes me happiest and on how I can make real improvements and contributions to my immediate niche, i.e. my family, friends, and local community.
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Be more interested in people's character, than their contributions.
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It is more difficult to research women's lives than it is men's. There has always been a tendency - race notwithstanding - to believe that women's contributions have been less important than men's contributions because women are usually less public people.
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I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation.
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The only way I was going to come back to the Disney Channel was if I was in a position of more power.
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O Adolescence, O AdolescenceI wince before thine incandescence . . .When anxious elders swarm aboutCrying 'Where are you going?', thou answerest 'Out,' . . .Strewn! All is lost and nothing foundLord, how thou leavest things around! . . .
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When I was younger, my mother wanted me to look like Claudia Schiffer. I was like, 'We're not even German, but all right.'
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I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.
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Although I wasnt able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a sense of what a Vietnamese prison might have been like.
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I wouldn't want to be someone's roommate, that's for sure. You can't do certain things: you can't leave the bathroom door open... you can't put your feet on the couch, you can't hide stuff in the couch.
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The first impression a speaker makes on his audience is by his appearance and demeanor. Well-groomed or not? Self-Confident or not? Nervous or not? Paper-shuffler or not? All this and more before he says a word. The next impression is how the speaker talks. Forceful or not? Correct diction or not? Too much use of hands? Walking around? If so, too much? Any distracting mannerisms such as always shoving his spectacles back up his nose? Speaks too loud? Too soft? “Talks down” to the audience?The next impression is about what he says—the content of his talk. Are the thoughts well-organized? Or is he just “winging it?
