Edmund Phelps Quotes
Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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I listen to music constantly while writing.
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A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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I have always appreciated the honest brutality of the international film world. One need never doubt one's worth in the market. Mine was zero.
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
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Understanding the importance of evolving is very important. Reinventing is very important. To break what you have already done is very important. That growth should never stop.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
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I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
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I am trying to concentrate on books. You know, I love Dostoevsky; he's my favourite writer.
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When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living conditions: no electricity, no running water and, of course, no computer, no phone.
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I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.
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I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.
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It's interesting – in 'Fail Safe,' as well, they didn't back off. We were raised with kind of this spectrum of that Armageddon and lived under it, so those were probably the films. 'Fail Safe' sort of haunted me.
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Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, as a combination of jazz and operetta; most of the great musical theater writers in the golden era are American. I think that to do a musical is a very American thing to me.
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My work is very carefully researched. Sometimes I have to ditch an idea because I can't prove it.
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I think what I am always trying to do is make clothes for every girl to wear, to make things that you are going to accessorize from day to night. I am really trying to focus on casualwear - making your basic sweatpants cool, trendy, and funky.
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The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.
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I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple. Jesus didn't go around condemning people.
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I know exactly what I want to write. I do not write until I do. Usually I write it all down only once. And that goes relatively quickly, since it really depends only on how fast I type.
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Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.
