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 run away from super-bandage-style Herve Leger dresses. I think it's sexier for a woman to be in something sheer and loose.
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Nothing can be more demoralizing than a clinging and abject dependence upon another human being. This often amounts to the demand for a degree of protection and love that no one could possibly satisfy. So our hoped for protectors finally flee, and once more we are left alone - either to grow up or to disintegrate.
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Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.
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I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd.
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When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.'
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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.
