Amity Shlaes Quotes
Prices don't merely reflect what people think things ought to cost today; they also reflect what people expect items to cost tomorrow.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
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The only morality I'm interested in is the morality between your ears, between each player's ears, because that's the interesting thing to me.
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You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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I'll eat one cookie, not a whole box of cookies. But I'll still eat the one cookie... sometimes two, or even three. But not the whole box.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
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I like the wrestling and executing the throws. My dad was a wrestler and he showed me some of those techniques, too.
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I'd say to anyone trying to break into the business: Don't just be interested in movies. Be interested in life. Be a person. Be in touch.
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There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company. But you also end up in the company of people you don't admire, including some rather dodgy politicians.
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It's been interesting for me because when I served in government before, I served in the White House. This time, I ended up serving in an agency, and it just made me respect and admire how much happens and that happens every day with people who don't even know all the work that's going on.
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You do not have to be the son of a rich man to be an entrepreneur. Today kids are far more willing to take risks because they've seen high rewards.
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Prices don't merely reflect what people think things ought to cost today; they also reflect what people expect items to cost tomorrow.
