William Stanley Jevons Quotes
By a commodity we shall understand any object, substance, action or service, which can afford pleasure or ward off pain.
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
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I'd been going to the Louvre since 1951. I thought I knew Paris and the French, but I didn't really. You know how easy it is to make friends when you are traveling. People are curious about you, you are curious about them. But you never really make friends that way. After the Louvre, I discovered that I have friends now because I have enemies.
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Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
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I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
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I'm not a negative person.
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I have a tendency to lean towards a more retro look.
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In Japan people drive on the left. In China people drive on the right. In Vietnam it doesn't matter.
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'I guess I make things that need energy stronger. I'm like a walking battery.' 'You're the table everyone wants at Starbucks,' Gansey mused as he began to walk again. Blue blinked. 'What?' Over his shoulder, Gansey said, 'Next to the wall plug.'
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Beauty is a whore.
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The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.
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Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.
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I've dedicated more than 15 years to this theater and television thing; I want to spend the next 10, 15 years or so devoted to music.
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No matter what happens in my career, I've always got 'The Fall.'
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I also do political cartoons, but a lot of them must stay, as they say, under the coat. But they are very fun to do, and in France, we have a good subject at the moment.
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Film, you get to go to other locations and live the culture for a little while. You also form a strong bond with your cast, which is a lot of fun. Plus, you only have to live with the character for a couple months at a time.
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In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.
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The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.
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By a commodity we shall understand any object, substance, action or service, which can afford pleasure or ward off pain.
