Paul Krugman Quotes
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
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Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.
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I'm not in a position to go back into public service.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man.
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I love doing the dishes... not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it's totally acceptable because I'm cleaning.
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Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.
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The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.
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I love learning new techniques.
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To me a great sci-fi movie has elements of horror and suspense.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically personal.
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The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society.
