Vernon L. Smith Quotes
After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.
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There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.
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This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.
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We struggle to understand how any mother could kill her own children.
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Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
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There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.
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When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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I'm attracted to stories that excite my imagination, stories that, as I'm reading the script, I feel it, I can see it, I can hear the characters. I'm attracted to characters that are real, that tap into something inside me that I haven't explored yet.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
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Once winter sets in I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.
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Sometimes it gets a little too bubblegum for me, but what I do love about KPop videos is their attention to detail, and their choreography and dancing are always spot-on.
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Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.
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I'm kind of long in the tooth to fly in in a cape now, so I'd have to be, like, the voice of reason or somebody. 'Don't do that, super-fellow!'
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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I'm one of the people that, when I hear Republicans talk about repealing Obamacare, I just want to roll my eyes. Republicans talk about reform to the healthcare, and they talk about selling insurance across state lines, and that's their solution?
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I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.
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Whether in London’s ornate arcades or Rio’s fractious favelas, whether in the high-rises of Hong Kong or the dusty workspaces of Dharavi, our culture, our prosperity, and our freedom are all ultimately gifts of people living, working, and thinking together—the ultimate triumph of the city.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.
