Gavyn Davies Quotes
Over the last decade, economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians apparently being settled by events. But the Great Recession of the last two years has changed everything.
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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I hate competition.
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Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
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Belize pledges it continued support to the aspirations of the 23 million people of Taiwan to be full participants in all organs and agencies of the international community.
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Crossroads is second to none in our support of Tea Party candidates. In 2010 and '12, we spent over $30 million for Senate candidates who were Tea Party candidates. We spent almost $20 million for House candidates who were Tea Party candidates.
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Maybe one day, I will go to Pakistan and meet these fans who like me and my work. At the end of the day, we are all the same, and meeting my fans there is something that I have on my mind.
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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
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Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who came from white cultural groups that had also suffered in socio-economic terms from the Civil War and its aftermath.
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When I'm creating, that's my heaven. If I haven't designed something every day, it is a failed day - that's how much I love fashion.
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Over the last decade, economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians apparently being settled by events. But the Great Recession of the last two years has changed everything.
