Chalmers Johnson Quotes
History teaches us that the capacity of things to get worse is limitless. Roman history suggests that the short, happy life of the American republic may be coming to its end... the US will probably maintain a facade of constitutional government and drift along until financial bankruptcy overtakes it.
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There is a big divergence between views on a variety of policy issues from fiscal stimulus to financial regulation. It's my hope and my ambition for the economics profession that as we advance our knowledge, that those discussions will narrow in their focus, and that it will help to have more prudent policy-making down the road.
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I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
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College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
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London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.
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Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.
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I know that many in Germany think we have a merry financial policy over here.
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When it comes to making laws that protect the public from the financial services industry, Congress has done a progressively worse job since the Pecora Commission hearings of the early 1930s, which led to Congress taking bold steps to regulate banking and securities firms in 1933 and 1934.
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You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
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Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. It's hard to really communicate things to people who run a business yet forget the nature of the business. They only look at the bottom line and the financial return, you know, they forget what it is they're packaging. It's art.
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I no longer care about the financial system. I gave them my roadmap. OK? Thanks, bye. I've no idea what's going on. I'm disconnected. I'm totally disengaged.
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Occasionally I write a small piece or the odd lecture in English, and I teach in English, but my fiction is always written in German.
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The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal.
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The lack of financial strength to avail healthcare is a major challenge.
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Ordinarily, the feds piggyback on the S.E.C. in complicated financial cases, but history proves that breath-holding on that score is a dangerous endeavor.
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The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one. A Stanford study showed that those who saw a photo of their future self made smarter financial decisions.
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Leave off the 'financially'.Let the financial be the result of honest, sincere desire to be and live so that others may know the way also. Good gives the increase. ( Many Mansions Chapter 20 - A Philosophy of Vocational Choice )
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I worry about every newspaper. I worry about the financial undertaking, and I worry that somehow the loss of the sale of the paper version will affect their ability to have journalists and editors and producers. We really need those.
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I love England. I don't really like places when they're too hot. It's my Celtic blood.
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Long afterward, many would remember those two days in the first week of October with vividness and anguish.
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When you do not know what to do or which way to turn, smile. This will relax your mind and let the sunshine of happiness into your soul.
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The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.
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History teaches us that the capacity of things to get worse is limitless. Roman history suggests that the short, happy life of the American republic may be coming to its end... the US will probably maintain a facade of constitutional government and drift along until financial bankruptcy overtakes it.
