Paul Krugman Quotes
Sometimes economists in official positions give bad advice; sometimes they give very, very bad advice; and sometimes they work at the OECD.
Quotes to Explore
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I never left doo wop.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true and daily fact in this region.
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English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.
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I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
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Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.
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By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.
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Choose to focus your time, energy and conversation around people who inspire you, support you and help you to grow you into your happiest, strongest, wisest self.
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In brief, when women batter, men’s first priority is to support the women and help them change; when men batter, women’s first priority is to escape the men and put them in prison.
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I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not mean all our time should be devoted to feeding and clothing the body.
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The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.
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'Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them.'
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I knew that I had to find my own voice, both figuratively and literally.
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Anytime you open your mouth there's going to be someone who's put off. I try to deal with that by keeping the topical portions of my show brief. I realize that some people wish my comments were briefer.
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Societies have been conditioned to believe that entertainers are just that, but I refuse to be put into the box of a puppet.
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I think that's what it's all about; you work hard and practice to play on the big courts.
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All genuinely intellectual work is humorous.
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Sometimes economists in official positions give bad advice; sometimes they give very, very bad advice; and sometimes they work at the OECD.
