Alfred Sheinwold Quotes

Since the average person's small supply of politeness must last him all his life, he can't afford to waste it on bridge partners.

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• Unemployment is 'involuntary' when the price is above its market clearing level. Workers are unemployed because jobs are not available at the prevailing wages, period. The only recourse is to either expand the number of jobs or somehow lower the wage.

  

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• I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.

  

  Edi Rama
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• The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen.

  

  Ed Parker
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• India produces a lot of engineers. But the production of computer science engineers is low, pro rata. Computer engineers are more into theory and less in managing businesses, building businesses or writing source codes, the key to software development.

  

  Craig Mundie
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• You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.

  

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• I do stand in opposition to those who want to implement Sharia and essentially attack the Constitution of the United States.

  

  William G. Boykin
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• The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.

  

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• As co-founder and CEO of an AI company, I am used to there not being many women in the room, especially in AI.

  

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• If you're playing someone you care about, it's tough, and I don't want to be in that situation. We are playing big matches for big points and prize money, and I take it very seriously. I relax when I'm outside tennis.

  

  Eugenie Bouchard
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• The line we draw between animals that are socially acceptable and those we find repugnant can be awfully arbitrary.

  

  Alexandra Harney
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• I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.

  

  Harold Pinter
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• I don't like to discuss my marriage, but I will tell you something which may sound corny but which happens to be true. I have steak at home. Why should I go out for hamburger?

  

  Paul Newman
  • Home
  • Sound
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• Since the average person's small supply of politeness must last him all his life, he can't afford to waste it on bridge partners.

  

  Alfred Sheinwold
  • Partners
  • Afford
  • Politeness