Charles P. Kindleberger (Charles Poor "Charlie" Kindleberger) Quotes
The propensity to swindle grows parallel with the propensity to speculate during a boom the implosion of an asset price bubble always leads to the discovery of frauds and swindles
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MusiCares was really good to me. I can't say enough how MusiCares helps other people. They really, really helped me. They have the greatest groups and support for musicians in recovery.
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My hair grows and grows; you cannot stop it - that fellow grows, it grows wild.
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I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don't feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.
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Having children with someone is the real bond.
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The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
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A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.
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When the day's work is over, it's over.
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Of course we've lost so many superstars who've made jazz what it is. We've lost so many musicians who created new things and changed the way we think about music and who took jazz to a new level. So jazz is suffering from that. But we still have a lot of incredible people playing jazz in the world. We have a lot of people leading the way.
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The father, the mother and the teacher are the three primarily responsible for moulding the future of the country.
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I would have loved to have a role in the HBO series 'Deadwood.' It was Shakespeare in the Old West.
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I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved.
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I still dwelled deep in my elected paradise--a paradise whose skies were the color of hell-flames--but still a paradise.
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Language can do what it can’t say.
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People say, 'You look so great for your age,' and I say, 'OK, you can leave off the 'for your age' part. Can we all stop qualifying it?'
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The word 'fraud' will be in some of the documents that are the settlement documents, ... I believe very deeply that at its root what was going on with the analysts and the investment bankers was probably the largest fraud ever committed upon the investing public.
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Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.
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I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun.
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Make a pledge to yourself right now, to declare that you are worth your time and energy.
