Milton Friedman Quotes
The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
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A lot of productivity is capturing ideas. I use a wiki - it's more valuable than e-mail for running a company - and I have a page for every person with whom I interact frequently.
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I never watch MTV. I don't have time to watch TV. And when I do, I'm watching the Discovery Channel. 'Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska,' that's my show.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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I don't look for anybody to pay for health care for me and my family. That's my responsibility.
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For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me.
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I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'
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The first year I was on the show, it took an interviewer about 45 minutes to get it out of me that I even had a dog, and even then I wouldn't tell him the dog's name.
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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
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What I miss from the States, I guess, is going to museums and to see small rock shows in small bars. We don't have that in Hong Kong. Unfortunately because the property market is so high, all rent is so expensive, they can't afford to have a rock music bar because those things don't make a lot of money, and they're paying a lot of rent.
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I like to dress for my shape - I think it's important for women to do that generally - it makes me feel good.
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What exactly is trade facilitation? In a nutshell, it is an effort to enable global trade by reducing red tape and streamline customs. In even simpler words: making it easier for companies to trade across borders.
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I don't know if I was ever called out, but I definitely have been told my chest hair gets super long. I don't like it at all, so I definitely shave my chest a bunch. I have a really nice, huge eagle on my whole chest, with the words "Strength" and "Honor" and "Sanctimony" around it, so I like to keep that clean and clear.
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The world of extreme sports is also one of big business. Kids might think that snowboarding is the ultimate freedom, but this freedom is being marketed to them by commercial sponsors.
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I didn't graduate and I never went back to reunions, so I don't really know.
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The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.
