Alice Rivlin Quotes
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read 'Matilda.' I wrote my own version and my teacher had it bound and permitted me to read it to the class - cementing my love of reading, writing and Roald Dahl!
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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Early on I saw the plastic quality in colored people and had friends among them; and later was to work from colored models and friends, including Paul Robeson, whose splendid head I worked from in New York. I tried to draw Chinamen in their quarter, but the Chinese did not like being drawn and would immediately disappear when they spotted me.
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When we're outside of the racetrack and in our team meetings, you need to communicate with your teammates and do what's best for the company in order to give the people that work there the best opportunity to succeed and maximize the potential of their job.
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I never worked a job that required research. I'm not really good at it, to be honest.
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In the old way of doing business, it was fine to disagree and then go to dinner. Now it's personal and more partisan, and a disagreement on one issue leads to a disagreement on another issue.
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The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.
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I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.
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The job of the Central Bank is to worry.
