Thomas J. Sargent Quotes
The first and most optimistic response was complete rational expectations econometrics. A rational expectations equilibrium is a likelihood function. Maximize it.

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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
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To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way we're made.
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I've always watched the political shows.
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Pete Wilson deregulated energy as a pay out to Enron, and we blamed Gray Davis.
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I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn't going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn't even crossed my mind. I couldn't stop wondering, 'Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?'
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I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.
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You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.
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Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.
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Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
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I've never been driven to just be a celebrity or just get me on TV. Never ever. What's always driven me is being successful and being good at what I do.
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The United States of America was formed to honor the word of God.
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I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.
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There's just no quiet in Vegas.
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I've been a fan for a long time, and it's a reason I wanted to be a part of it. Now I'm able to do the 'Robotech' movie, and it's something I grew up watching. To actually be on 'Robotech' was really an experience.
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You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.
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I was as bad as it gets. What I wrote in the book, I was probably worse than that. I couldn't really explain how bad it was.
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Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a Communist Plot.
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Realism is a philosophy as opposed to a style. For me, painting is about observing and recording my existence as accurately as I can, it's my way of understanding the world around me and staying constantly engaged with it, the more carefully and patiently I look at what interests me in the world the more faithfully and honestly I can document it. It is only through intense, subtly nuanced observation that we develop an understanding of the psychology of the subject.
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I know there are a lot of expectations of me, and I will do the best I can.
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The first and most optimistic response was complete rational expectations econometrics. A rational expectations equilibrium is a likelihood function. Maximize it.