W. Brian Arthur Quotes
The invisible hand is not perfect. Indeed, the invisible hand is a little bit arthritic ... I'm a believer in free markets, but I think we need to be less naïve. We need to accept that markets give us pretty good solutions, but occasionally they will lock in something inferior.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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Some people rehearse to a point where they're robotic, and they sound like they have memorized their presentation and didn't take it to the next level. Going from sounding memorized and canned to sounding natural is a lot of work.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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I'm a real romantic.
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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The fans treated me royally.
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There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.
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There's no denying it: I was a crappy baby who failed his way into this world, and I've been making the best of it ever since.
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I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.'
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My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.
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I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.
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Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.
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I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
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The invisible hand is not perfect. Indeed, the invisible hand is a little bit arthritic ... I'm a believer in free markets, but I think we need to be less naïve. We need to accept that markets give us pretty good solutions, but occasionally they will lock in something inferior.
