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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We can all get behind feeding the poorest kids in school, right?
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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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Though I'm not religious, I am interested in religion. I read a lot of history and I think it came out of that. I just think I couldn't understand certain eras of history without knowing what these people believed in.
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The art of life is to show your hand.
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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We all have a natural instinct to protect children from harm. It's never fun to see a child hurt, even if it's just a scraped knee. But on the other hand, children need to take on physical challenges to learn and grow, and scraped knees and other bumps and bruises teach them valuable lessons about their own limits.
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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.
