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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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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My coach told me if I broke the national record for the 200, I could run a 100.
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Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch.
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We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest Offices that are known in the United States.
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No amount of artificial protection can permanently maintain an obsolete product, an inferior process or a moribund organization against competitors which are based on scientifically improved products or methods.
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I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.
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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.
