Harry Markowitz Quotes
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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Midi is my hobby.
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My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people, when the president had to make a critical economic decision or a decision on a weapons system, he did not turn to me and say, 'Hamilton, what in the hell do I do?'
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The voice of the Holy Father was like a light.
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The attempts to command the climate and decide about the temperature on our planet are wrong and arrogant. I wrote a book about it which was published in English under the title 'Blue Planet in Green Shackles.'
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The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
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You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.
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I grew up in a very urban, bohemian family where everyone was a hippie or a pacifist. It was artistically and intellectually stimulating, but they were definitely not into outdoor sports or activities.
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Everyone would like to play in their hometown, but right now I like Cincinnati, I like the way it's going. I'm happy.
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Every time you think a negative thought, it's one step in the wrong direction, for me.
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The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.
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I got really tired of fighting who I am, and I did that for a really long time; I was trying to be this perfect girl, perfect family, perfect body, and those people aren't real.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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Publication is a self-invasion of privacy.
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Make no mistake about it. Gun control is not about crook control. It's about America control.
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On a personal level, I don't have many individual achievements.
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I dreamed big. So it's so great to be living my own dream. I'm working in an industry that I want to work in, and I'm doing something that I love every day. So I feel really lucky to have had so many opportunities.
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I've never seen anyone - and I've had the opportunity to work with some really terrific actors in my time - but Philip Seymour Hoffman is definitely the best I ever had the opportunity to work with.
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Becoming an economist was not a childhood dream of mine.
