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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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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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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I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!
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I will never censor myself to please anyone.
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The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.
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I think we've broken story after story that the rest of the media refused to break even when they had the story because they were scared of the story, or they just didn't think it was appropriate.
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We've overmedicated kids. Quite frankly, some of the overmedication of kids are because welfare moms want to get additional benefits, and if they can put them on SSI through maintenance drugs, they can also put them on Social Security disability and get a separate check. That is wrong on every single level.
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I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.
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For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.
