Tyler Cowen Quotes
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By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world's most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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I don't mean to sound like a touchy-feely California type here, but I knew that I could finally get over the death of my father only by having kids of my own.
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I'll give it a shot. But I don't know that a year from now I'm going to be here. Nobody does.
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On June 22, 1793, Vancouver's Discovery and Chatham anchored in Klekane Inlet. Archibald Menzies, the ship's botanist, wrote that on the evening of June 28, they were visited by eight natives in two canoes who brought them two large salmon. This is the first known published encounter with the Haisla people.
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Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.
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Whatever storytelling muscles you've developed as a documentary filmmaker will be extremely helpful as a narrative filmmaker.
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There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence.
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Ironically, my paintings don't photograph well.
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A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.
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There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
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Holy Joy were a cult '80s band led by the wonderful songwriting genius that is Johny Brown.
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He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
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To My Friend John Sylvester, Just a few words reminding you that I have not forgotten my sick little pal. Sorry I couldn’t get out to see you but here’s hoping this little message of cheer finds you well on the road to recovery. I will try to knock you another homer maybe two today. Best regards from your friend and rooter, 'Babe' Ruth.
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Peregrine Wickwrackrum was of two minds about evil: when enough rules get broken, sometimes there is good amid the carnage.
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I think I always knew I would be a writer some day, but it wasn't until I was grown and had children of my own that I turned to telling Native American stories.
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Neither way is better. / Both ways are necessary. / It is also necessary / To make a choice between them.
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She can't just be a face, a body; there has to be more than that, some kind of connection. And I can't connect, don't want to connect, with anyone.
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I can never find the right bras.
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For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.
