Milton Friedman Quotes
If you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don't be surprised if you get unemployment.
Quotes to Explore
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Ask your agent to set up a meeting with either your editor or the marketing department of the house or both so you can find out what they're doing, what they aren't, and what you can do to help.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
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America has absorbed people from around the world, and there is an Indian in every part of the world. This characterizes both the societies. Indians and Americans have co-existed in their natural temperament.
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English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
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A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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My father is my inspiration.
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Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
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I have always maintained that it's not the quantity of work, but the quality that should speak. I have maintained the same for my music albums, too. I have always released them after a gap of two to three years.
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People seem to think of me as a goody-goody who never curses, but I can be very nasty if I'm pushed. Cross me too many times, and I'll never talk to you again.
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The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means.
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We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted but not forsaken. It’s easy to humiliate and crush people who are open, but when I am weak, then I am strong.
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I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to mess around and touch somebody's heart, and they'll relate to you and what you're singing about.
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If you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don't be surprised if you get unemployment.
