Alan Blinder Quotes
If you try to give an on-the-one-hand-or-the-other- hand answer, only one of the hands tends to get quoted.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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I think Jennifer Lawrence is a brilliant role model for young girls, not some of the models that I see on the runway.
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I had been watching 'Home and Away' for quite a while, so joining the cast was quite weird. The show is so fast-paced, and at first it was overwhelming, but at the same time was quite laid back.
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I think if they suddenly cut away and you realize there is a stunt guy, you're out of the movie.
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Sex in space is not just a good idea, it's survival.
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As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.
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To do a studio film, something with Disney. My father is thrilled.
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Acting is the art of being and existing, and not being fake.
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I have seen women who are very interested in tech finish their graduate or undergraduate degrees, but then choose not to pursue a career in tech because they're not sure they want to spend the next 20-30 years in an industry that's very male dominated.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me!
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It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things do work, but only what kind of quick, easy outer impression they give. If so, there is little hope for our cities or probably for much else in our society. But I do not think this is so.
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It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.
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The character wasn't polite, so when I shook Grazer's hand and he said, 'Hi, I'm the producer,' I said, 'I'm sorry. You look like you're 12 years old. I like to work with men.'
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Bill Astor knew these papers were missing. Stephen showed his hand in October.
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The Cross is the central event in time and eternity, and the answer to all the problems of both.
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If you try to give an on-the-one-hand-or-the-other- hand answer, only one of the hands tends to get quoted.
