Leonid Hurwicz Quotes
There are two kinds of games in economics. One is the game where people use only legal moves. Then there is the true game, the one like real life, where the strategies and moves people make, some of them contain illegal gains.
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We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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There are no free lunches in life. You have to earn it. I am paying my dues. People have accused me of having it easy because I am Amitabh Bachchan's son. Yes, I am his son, and I've never run away from it. I work hard to make him proud.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.
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If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.
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The right people don't care about a corner office - they care about the culture, if you're mission-driven, what you're going to do to make the world a better place.
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He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have no use for them.
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If people would only talk about what they understood, Earth would be a very quiet place.
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There are two kinds of games in economics. One is the game where people use only legal moves. Then there is the true game, the one like real life, where the strategies and moves people make, some of them contain illegal gains.
