Ann Macbeth Quotes
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.
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Working with Tyler Perry has been a wonderful experience. Everything he touches turns to gold, it seems like.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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People, when they come up to me, are like, 'Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp?' And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.
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I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'
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No one can look bad when you've been lit for six hours.
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But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.
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There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.
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I think I can change things for the better in this country. I'm doing it now as well, in many areas, mostly in education, higher education and technological entrepreneurship. But I think I could do a lot more from a presidential position.
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My relationship with the mountains actually started when I was 16. Every year, a group used to be taken from Auckland Grammar down to the Tangariro National Park for a skiing holiday.
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I like to do all kinds of films.
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My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
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Lord Illingworth: Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
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You ain't gonna sell two copies if you press a double album.
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I'm doomed to act like myself, even when it's inconvenient!
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This notion of public-school doors being barred to God would have confounded not only the founding fathers but also those who attended American public schools as recently as the early 1960s.
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Because of my pride in my Scottish heritage, I used to say things like 'I don't mind buying a round of drinks but I don't buy two'. It was something I joked about which has come back to bite me on the ----. I'm shrewd about money, I invest well, and look after it. But it's in my nature to be generous. I look after people.
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The artist is a god, but he is also an idiot. That is the human way.
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Video just accesses international information so much more readily.
