Edmund Phelps Quotes
My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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All you have to do is come to Ohio and say, 'I think NAFTA is a lousy deal,' and everybody cheers.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences.
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My career never went like anyone else’s, so I never followed anyone.
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That sort of lack of awareness on the part of an activist about the constraints of our political system and the constraints on this office, I think, sometimes would leave me to mutter under my breath. Very rarely did I lose it publicly. Yeah, usually I'd just smile.
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Well, I'm just very blessed that I still love my work and I can still work, I still have an audience and I love what I do.
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If I could miracle myself away, I would live out West.
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My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.
