Edward S. Herman (Edward Samuel Herman) Quotes
Economists have provided capitalists with a comforting concept called the "free market." It does not describe any part of reality, at any place or time. It's a mantra conveniently invoked when it is proposed that government do something the faithful don't like, and just as conveniently ignored whenever they want government to do something for them.
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Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.
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You can't leave the thing that you are, the house that has become your biography.
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We saw simply distribution was changing, content, premium content, premium stars; we're going to be able to do more in the world as it evolves.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it.
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I'm not really a food connoisseur.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.
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Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
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Today, models are able to share industry news, trends, and communicate with fans through Twitter, Instagram and blogs. So in a way, our position as models is way more personable and relatable.
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Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me, the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating.
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The U.S. has been in control of the domain names of the Internet since its inception. If we relinquish this control, it goes possibly to the U.N.
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I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.
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We believe that societies and economies only advance as far as individuals are free to carry them forward. And just as freedom cannot exist when people are imprisoned for their political views, true opportunity cannot exist when people are imprisoned by sickness, or hunger, or darkness.
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We are robust when errors in the representation of the unknown and understanding of random effects do not lead to adverse outcomes -fragile otherwise.
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...We cannot think first and act afterwards. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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When did Jimmy Stewart not play Jimmy Stewart? When did John Wayne not play John Wayne? But that's what we like about them. When you talk about acting, you really have to respond to somebody's personality.
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We burden ourselves with useless ideas which we carelessly take as facts. Instead of letting reality come as a new surprise, we insist that it conform to our habitual concepts, and thus, we spoil everything.
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Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.
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I see you brought along your violent little girlfriend. What a nice surprise!" - Saint Dane (The Reality Bug)
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Economists have provided capitalists with a comforting concept called the "free market." It does not describe any part of reality, at any place or time. It's a mantra conveniently invoked when it is proposed that government do something the faithful don't like, and just as conveniently ignored whenever they want government to do something for them.
