Barry Eichengreen Quotes
Any account of the development of the international monetary system is also necessarily an account of the development of international capital markets.
Barry Eichengreen
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A man shall not be full of laughter and mockery, nor sad and mournful, but joyful. ... His desire shall not be so great that he rushes for wealth, nor shall he be lazy and refrain from working. But he shall live in contentment, have a modest occupation, and be occupied mainly with the Torah.
Maimonides
For me, Christ has always symbolized the true type of the Jewish martyr. That is how I understood him in 1908 when I used this figure for the first time.. .It was under the influence of the pogroms. Then I painted and drew him in pictures about ghettos, surrounded by Jewish troubles, by Jewish mothers, running terrified with little children in their arms.
Marc Chagall
You can tell when a Hollywood historical film was made by looking at the eye makeup of their leading ladies, and you can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more strangely than the future.
Neil Gaiman
Modern dynamic economies do not stay still long enough to allow for an accurate reading of their underlying structures.
Alan Greenspan
You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.
Paul Allen
I've never been pressed to be friends with everyone or be popular, even in school - I've always done my own thing.
Kali Uchis
We pride ourselves on our democratic traditions, but in Canada, women couldn't vote until 1918, Asians until 1948, and First Nations people living on reserves until 1960.
David Suzuki
As writers, we all have an agenda, but if you recognize that agenda in a book, then you've failed.
Janet Evanovich
Bruce Lee only played himself. Chuck Norris is a martial artist that does acting. I want to be an actor that does martial arts.
Leo Howard
My agents and managers deserve a special Emmy award for scheduling.
Mary Steenburgen
When I work alone, and I'm in my studio, and I'm playing a lot of the stuff myself, I think the style of it becomes something a little different.
Lindsey Buckingham
I hate vacations. I hate them. I have no fun on them. I get nothing done. People sit and relax, but I don't want to relax. I want to see something.
Paul Theroux