Ben Bernanke Quotes
Honest error in the face of complex and possibly intractable problems is a far more important source of bad results than are bad motives.
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.
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I'm a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don't like it. I'm just chillin'. YouknowwhatI'msayin'?
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I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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There will never be talking pictures.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
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Fast food is the one thing everyone can relate to. It's depressing, but also interesting, that people desire to eat the same sandwich in every single city in the world. But the biggest bummer is when you see a Subway in Berlin. Just devastating.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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It feels like a simple human right to be able to be yourself, and yet, what trans people have to go through in order to get to there, it can be so complicated.
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I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.
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Children believe that if they just want something badly enough, it will happen.
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The power of the 'Muppets,' and the popularity of these characters, is so iconic in people's lives that I had to distance myself from publicly. Not privately... Privately, hell, I'm with them for life, and I love these people. They're my second family.
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It's important not to take all this fashion stuff too seriously, and I kind of love the idea of cheesiness.
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We are a diverse country, but we are one country. And we are at our best when we come together as Americans, not despite our differences, but in celebration of them.
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Honest error in the face of complex and possibly intractable problems is a far more important source of bad results than are bad motives.
