Paul Krugman Quotes
This is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics.
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Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.
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I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.
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I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.
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A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that you just can't imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn't even dream of picking up the phone.
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As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.
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In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
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You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
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The only time people get pressured into doing reunions to make more money is when the current lineup is underperforming. And by bringing back the other guy, it increases their draw.
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Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.
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So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
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I like game shows.
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I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.
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I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.
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Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.
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If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him.
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Sometimes, how you ingest this idea of masculinity as projected onto you by the world could be the difference of life and death.
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Nothing's promised. You got to go out there and earn it.
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The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
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This is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics.
