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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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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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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I hate to travel with stuff.
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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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Teachers know how to improve education.
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Strive to be faithful to that which God has called you.
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Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I assure you, all the crazy people have guns, too.
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I do worry about the expectation to look a certain way.
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Our lives are full of supposes. Suppose this should happen, or suppose that should happen; what could we do; how could we bear it? But, if we are living in the high tower of the dwelling place of God, all these supposes will drop out of our lives. We shall be quiet from the fear of evil, for no threatenings of evil can penetrate into the high tower of God.
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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.
