Edmund Phelps Quotes
If you rent, that's it. You don't have to pay any interest to anybody. You don't have to pay any maintenance costs to anybody. You don't have to worry about whether the boiler is going to break down. While if you own your own home, you have a hundred aggravations.
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Snobbery just inhibits you.
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Everything always looked better in black and white. Everything always looked as if it were the first time; there's always more people in a black and white photograph. It just makes it seem that there were more people at a gig, more people at a football match, than with colour photography. Everything looks more exciting.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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Half of my closet is Barbie clothes - PVC skirts, cropped fuzzy sweaters, and velvet minis.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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I wanted as little formal linguistic theory as I could get by with. I wanted the basic linguistic training to do a translation of the New Testament.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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We believe the most significant long-term application of bitcoin may be reducing the upfront cost of internet-connected devices to make them more accessible for the developing world.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home.
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Sometimes, I find that just the simplest, cleanest things that are intelligently performed are funniest to me.
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Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.
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Our generation's grown up with the Internet, so it's an extension of our social lives; it's an extension of us. It makes perfect sense for me to use that medium.
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I don't really wear makeup every day. I feel like being an actress - we wear a lot of makeup - but when I am not working, I need to let my face breathe and be very comfortable.
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Everybody has that: everybody knows what it's like to go home and then regress and not be running from something, not like who you were when you were home. I think everybody relates to that.
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I am a glass man, but there is no light in me that can shine across the sea. I shall lead no one home, save no lives, not even my own.
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If you rent, that's it. You don't have to pay any interest to anybody. You don't have to pay any maintenance costs to anybody. You don't have to worry about whether the boiler is going to break down. While if you own your own home, you have a hundred aggravations.
