Amity Shlaes Quotes
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.
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The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian.
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I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.
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Value is what you get.
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When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.
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My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'
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It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.
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It's insanity for a party that believes in freedom to allow some Republicans to seize an agenda that is totally alien to the agenda that was established in the election.
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Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there's no question that the common love in America is freedom.
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I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.
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I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.
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Freedom is living without chains.
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I don't dream at night; life has given me the stuff I need to be able to dream during the day. I'm very lucky.
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I always had a lot of fun in America, with much more freedom than if I had tried to cook in France. I wouldn't have the same motivation or inspiration, and I wouldn't have cooked for the same kind of people in France, so it wouldn't have given me this edge I had in America.
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President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.
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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
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I was well-dressed and good at firing people because I really did care. I cared about giving them the opportunity to talk through the situation and was always sincere. I would explain that 'This was a bad match,' and they were probably meant to do other things if they weren't giving their all to this, which paid $10 a hour.
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He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
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Black is overrated. You'll never find it in my stores. Of course it's slimming, but it's just used too much, especially for men. One black suit by one designer, another one by another - they all look the same in the end. If I walk into a crowded hotel lobby and I'm wearing a black suit, I just look like everyone else.
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Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.
