Edmund Phelps Quotes
I'm old enough to remember in the 1930s and the 1940s when thrift, frugality, was considered an important virtue.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Then, when I got in the military, I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows, and when I was in the military I would host all of our base Christmas parties and stuff.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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There will never be talking pictures.
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I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.
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I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.
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'FlashForward' was a really fun show to make. Not to mention, I only worked, like, one day a week, and it paid the same as 'Happy Endings.' I got to make out with beautiful women on that show as well.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'
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When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.
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Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States.
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We have no middle ground, no foggy gray area where we can sin a little without suffering spiritual decline. That is why we must repent and come to Christ daily on submissive knees so that we can prevent our bonfires of testimony from being snuffed out by sin.
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Figure out who you are separate from your family, and the man or woman you're in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that's the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self because with that, you can do anything else.
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I bet The Walking Dead gets really low ratings out in Montana, just because all they need to do is look out their f-king window, am I right?
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I'm old enough to remember in the 1930s and the 1940s when thrift, frugality, was considered an important virtue.
