Paul Krugman Quotes
I'm especially baffled by the idea of taking insurance against a U.S. default. If America defaults, we're talking about a chaotic world - Mad Max, more or less - in which case, who imagines that insurance claims will be honored?
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.
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When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef's dish was then fed to the dog! I am not kidding, I saw it! I think it is genius! Twisted, but genius!
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
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In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
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I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.
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For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.
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Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
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When you pay a hospital bill, you're really paying two hospital bills - one bill for you because you have a job and/or insurance and can pay the hospital. and another bill, which is tacked onto your bill, to cover the medical expenses of someone who doesn't have a job and/or insurance and can't pay the hospital.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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Health care's not about insurance! Health care's about getting treatment.
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If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
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When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.
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The idea of designing something that is like something else is incredibly uninteresting and boring.
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I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.
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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.
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I will say little of the importance of a good education; nor will I stop to prove that the current one is bad. Countless others have done so before me, and I do not like to fill a book with things everybody knows. I will note that for the longest time there has been nothing but a cry against the established practice without anyone taking it upon himself to propose a better one. The literature and the learning of our age tend much more to destruction than to edification.
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I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny.
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This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.
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Whether it's a big dinner party or people just coming over to hang out, I just love to spend time with them.
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I'm especially baffled by the idea of taking insurance against a U.S. default. If America defaults, we're talking about a chaotic world - Mad Max, more or less - in which case, who imagines that insurance claims will be honored?
