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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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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I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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The finest pieces of software are those where one individual has a complete sense of exactly how the program works. To have that, you have to really love the program and concentrate on keeping it simple, to an incredible degree.
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There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.
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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.
