Edmund Phelps Quotes
Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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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 do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
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As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together.
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I'm trying to figure things out in the world. No one knows what this life thing is all about - there's no manual. Just trying to figure it out.
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It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.
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When finding that people held the same views as I, I persuaded myself that I held them differently.
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Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
