Alfred Kahn Quotes
Whenever competition is feasible it is, for all its imperfections, superior to regulation as a means of serving the public interest.
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Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over many decades. In the rescues and the cleanups and the long hauls, I see the same attitude over and again. People just rally and get on with it.
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I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.
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I am very proud of Jim Leiken. He has worked with me for six years and has been patient enough to learn the ropes. He's now matured into a true chef and is working on building his team.
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There's so many documentaries out there right now and everything's exposing wrestling.
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The real end winner of NAFTA is going to be Mexico because we have the human capital. We have that resource that is vital to the success of the U.S. economy.
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There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.
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I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women - their work inspires me, whatever they do.
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For me, 'The Social Network' isn't about Facebook. It certainly isn't about how people use it. It's about a flawed character and his pursuit of that grand idea that defines him and validates his life and how far he'll go to get it, and the repercussions that come as a result of that - what he gives up in the process.
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I'm working relentlessly at becoming a better fighter than I was yesterday. I think I've really shown that I'm a more evolved fighter these days than I've ever been.
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Islamic fundamentalism is attacking us at home.
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I'm incredibly competitive in all sports in a way that is so mystifying to my wife because she grew up playing the violin and piano. I've always been like that.
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I may look like the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next door to me.
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It was an experience that was exceptional. People frequently ask what it was like and it truly was inspiring. Sometimes during his lifetime, people would try and put him on a pedestal and that's not where he wanted to be, but he was really a great individual.
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No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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I'm trying to get away from trashing women, to be honest. I think I've done enough of that in my career.
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The Open Market Committee, as presently established, is plainly not in the public interest. This committee must be operated by purely public servants, representatives of the people as a whole and not any single interest group. The Open Market Committee should be abolished, and its powers transferred to the Federal Reserve Board - the present public members of the committee, with reasonably short terms of office.
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Whenever competition is feasible it is, for all its imperfections, superior to regulation as a means of serving the public interest.
