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
Quotes to Explore
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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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There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we're all in this together, and that's what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about.
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If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.
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Opportunities for fraud are open and they are taken advantage of. The most elementary precautions are neither taken nor even contemplated. The reverse is the case. People such as myself who attempt to bring openness and accountability to the system are pursued, suspended and dismissed.
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I wish I could spend more time in Africa. I have this intense sense of complete relaxation and normality here.
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Sometimes it's better to just let the wave overcome you and then pick up the shards when it passes
