Ben Bernanke Quotes
Long-term unemployment is particularly costly to those directly affected, of course. But in addition, because of its negative effects on workers' skills and attachment to the labor force, long-term unemployment may ultimately reduce the productive capacity of our economy.

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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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She's been on more laps than a napkin.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.
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I still have a young attitude.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.
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No one has deputized America to play Wyatt Earp to the world.
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Oh for craps sake. You're not dying again, are you? It's seriously inconvenient when you do that." -Aphrodite
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last.
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Long-term unemployment is particularly costly to those directly affected, of course. But in addition, because of its negative effects on workers' skills and attachment to the labor force, long-term unemployment may ultimately reduce the productive capacity of our economy.