William Stanley Jevons Quotes
PLEASURE and pain are undoubtedly the ultimate objects of the calculus of economics. To satisfy our wants to the utmost with the least effort - to procure the greatest amount of what is desirable at the expense of the least that is undesirable - in other words, to maximize pleasure, is the problem of economics.
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Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.
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Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.
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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.
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I'm really an outdoorsy girl. People think I can't go anywhere without getting all primped up, but I love to go camping, and I'm totally fine with not doing my hair or makeup, not taking a shower and just hiking.
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When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.
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It's hard for me to judge my own films as an artist sometimes. But as an artist, I did feel a fulfillment working on them, you know?
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Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.
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I love playing Blair Cramer, and I'm thrilled to see what more they have in store for her. After playing this role for so many years, I still feel like there is so much about her that is still untold.
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Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?
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Es gibt Männer, die imstande sind, eine Frau, die sie in keiner Weise anzieht, zu heiraten-bloß weil sie den anderen gefällt. Und solche Ehen gibt es auch zwischen so manchen Menschen und ihren Gedanken.
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Molti consigli de le donne sonoMeglio improviso, ch'a pensarvi, usciti.
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The ability to sympathize with those around us seems crucial to our survival, and it's connected to the mirroring functions of the brain.
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There will come a day when a person would be willing to give everything they ever loved, everything they ever owned, everything they ever chased in this life, everything between the heavens and earth...just for the chance to come back here and make just one sajdah (prostration). Just one.
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I think Coach Kerr and his staff have done a great job with what they bring to the table.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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I cannot believe that any man who deserved fame ever labored for it; that is, directly. For, as fame is but the contingent of excellence, it would be like an attempt to project a shadow, before its substance was obtained.
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PLEASURE and pain are undoubtedly the ultimate objects of the calculus of economics. To satisfy our wants to the utmost with the least effort - to procure the greatest amount of what is desirable at the expense of the least that is undesirable - in other words, to maximize pleasure, is the problem of economics.
