Arthur Melvin Okun Quotes
High tax rates are followed by attempts of ingenious men to beat them as surely as surely as snow is followed by little boys on sleds.
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I have the greatest love for the rituals of organised religion - the sense of community and belonging it can confer to people. But me, I'm more a questioner than a follower; not by whim or fashion, but as a decision painfully arrived at after much, much thought.
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Even though I've danced with actors, it wasn't the same with NTR.
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I am more into the old school guy than I am with the new school guys. I came in young and I had to pay my dues to be considered a vet. To be able to play for over 10 years at wide receiver, that's why I like looking at the older guys like Larry Fitzgerald, Teddy Ginn Jr., Brian Hartline. That's what I'm about.
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I'm no producer's kid.
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I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.
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He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
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I understand them. I understand where they came from, what their lifestyle was there. But my parents didn't push us to be like them. They said do whatever you think right, but remember the important things in life.
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I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him.
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People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money.
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Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet.
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I don't want any yes – men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
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Dancing is a beautiful thing.
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I think Bolano had a generosity about him that was unique. He seemed to include so many people in the circle of his adventures, whereas I felt like I was pretty selfish.
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It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out of it - a little bit of me or a lot of me, that's what's important.
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I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to find those hours or eventually decide not to be a writer.
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From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.
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When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.
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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
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I was thinking 'Love Story', obviously, was a romantic film of that time.
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When you get asked hundreds of questions, it's not possible to remember the answer to every one.
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High tax rates are followed by attempts of ingenious men to beat them as surely as surely as snow is followed by little boys on sleds.
