Alan Blinder Quotes
Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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I love women more than anything.
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It's amazing, it doesn't feel like it has been 10 years since retirement.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
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I like the Dodgers because my dad does - wait, no, not the Dodgers. Strike me down! The Yankees. I like the Yankees.
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I see feminism as a massive party. It's cool, the idea that 50% of the population can now start doing things and having fun and experimenting with their hair and makeup.
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In 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' Hemingway cozies up to revolution by romanticizing it (and not only with those execrable love scenes).
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This disease leaves people bedridden. I've gone through phases where I couldn't roll over in bed. I couldn't speak. To have it called 'fatigue' is a gross misnomer.
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I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout.
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The Corona Extra brand was launched in Austin, Texas. From Austin, where it was exclusively for three or four months, it became more widely available in that state and in others, primarily in the southwest and western United States.
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See your weakness as a reason to pray the more, it should not be the reason for sadness or to abandon your post.
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My voice right now, hey, listen. I don't know how long it's going to last.
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Adventure is a sign of incompetence.
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I don't see what was wrong with the old inkpads.
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Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.
