Athanasios Orphanides Quotes
Near-zero policy rates that may be considerably expansionary in an economy with high inflation could be contractionary when inflation is too close to zero, or worse, deflation has set in.

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Just find what works for you, what style suits you best, and just be confident enough to rock it.
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It's like a lot of kids; when you tell them someone's died, they laugh.
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Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.
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I'm aware of what's missing from my life.
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The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet’s dream: it is a most depressing and humiliating reality.
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This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose? Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever had in my life. Jack. Well, you've no right whatsoever to Bunbury here. Algernon. That is absurd. One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses. Every serious Bunburyist knows that.
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Whenever I'm in doubt, I ask myself, 'What would Jesus do?' And then I realize, Jesus got crucified, so maybe his decision-making isn't all that great.
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A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.
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I didn't feel comfortable at first with pure mathematics, or as a professor of pure mathematics. I wanted to do a little bit of everything and explore the world.
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Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.
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Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.
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You never know where your actions will lead to. But if you don't do anything they will lead you nowhere.
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Are you crazy? Flirting with Eli Stock in front of Belissa Norwood, in Belissa Norwood’s house, while eating Belissa Norwood’s cupcakes?
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I never have any clothes to go out in, because I always just buy for work. I don't know why. Habit.
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If you're looking for the suspect in a suicide bombing, here's a clue: Look for the dead guy.
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Youth is the only thing worth having.
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Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.
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The bond market has been zigzagging this year. Every time the Fed acts, and the feeling in the market is that the economy is going to bounce back strongly, it causes pain for bonds because it threatens inflation.