Burton Malkiel Quotes
Many of us economists who believe in efficiency do so because we view markets as amazingly successful devices for reflecting new information rapidly and, for the most part, accurately.
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Anybody you make a movie with when you're 12 and they're 14, you're going to know them your whole life.
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Time is long but life is short.
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The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.
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You have to have something that is forever, something that is invisible.
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God, bless me with luxury. Necessities I can do without.
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He was slumped in the back, gazing out of the window, as though his parents were two people who had picked him up hitchhiking, connected to him merely by chance and proximity.
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As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come.
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When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.
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Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd, or get out of their way, in order not to be trampled to death by them.
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There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.
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I do travel a lot, because I need oxygen, I need to go to places to meet people who aren't upset at me because I'm asking for peace.
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This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me.
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When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put on food stamps. We were put in public housing.
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The health dollar is very precious. When someone has such a bad condition as brain cancer, we know they're going to die and they're usually going to die within 12 months of diagnosis. They cost a lot of money to keep the patient alive for that period of time. Is it really worth it?
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You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody's spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.
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He's such a good actor and he loves the Groucho character so much he made a study of him.
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Marriage is a linchpin in many womens lives, but many other things can create a satisfying life. I adore my career. It stretches every physical, emotional, and intellectual muscle I have.
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I've seen women afraid to stretch for things. They avoid opportunities they don't feel qualified for yet. Instead, they should grab risky opportunities that will force them to grow on the job and learn to do it.
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I'm always going to live in Texas. Texas is my home - it'll be my home forever.
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Strangers come up to me in bars and tell me about their sex lives. I'm thinking, 'You think I can make it better somehow?'
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The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.
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Many of us economists who believe in efficiency do so because we view markets as amazingly successful devices for reflecting new information rapidly and, for the most part, accurately.
