Edmund Phelps Quotes
The difficulties of many European countries derive from their corporatism: state projects serving cronies and vast social protection programmes, both run by elites. These surged in the 1970s and 1980s.
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I don't have proper places to run.
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It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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Court proceedings, except for certain limited situations, are open to the public. This is for the protection of the accused, to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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I don't know if women are meant to run, especially after having kids.
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I couldn't live up to it. So I chose to run away.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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I don't run on the treadmill, because there's no treadmill moving for you on the soccer field.
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We do need to have a little bit more protection and sensibility around pensioners. They are remarkable. They gave so much. We need to make sure we do our best by them.
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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
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Any time you're dealing with an ankle, you've got to run, you've got to cut, you've got to do all those things. It makes it tough.
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When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.
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I can't run on treadmills; they drive me nuts.
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Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
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To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.
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You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
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I like to run fast but not drive.
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I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!
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Who says I am not under the special protection of God?
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I think sports are a wonderful diversion. People can relate to sports very easily. It's a quick study.
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The trouble with these Nazis is that they have no self-critical faculty, so in their efforts to achieve greatness, they achieve nothing but a parody of greatness. Caesar conquered nations, took their leaders captive, picked their brains, and so enriched his empire. Hitler will burn down nations, torture their leaders to death, and destroy the world.
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Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.
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The difficulties of many European countries derive from their corporatism: state projects serving cronies and vast social protection programmes, both run by elites. These surged in the 1970s and 1980s.
