Ben Bernanke Quotes
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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.
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If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.
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As a kid, I liked to write, but I didn't think that was a viable career choice. My dream, actually, was to be a white girl rapper and join Salt-N-Pepa - which obviously was a much more viable career choice.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.
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Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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I find Los Angeles to be a place of great physical beauty, in which you have the oceans and the mountains, and there's a vertical sense and a desert light that you can see forever.
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It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning my haircut more than I was! But after a while, I felt liberated, I learned to embrace it.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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It was cool to meet Cris Carter. That dude has some of the best hands to have played the game.
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You begin to take on the mentality of your coach. If he feels so confident, then I feel confident.
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I've gone to school for business, for design, for architecture.
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People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
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I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time.
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I mean loyalty - you know, look, first we serve the people. I've always looked at that. You serve the people first. But having said that, you never forget who's in charge. You never forget who the CEO of a country is when you decide to serve. And so everyone works at the pleasure of the president. And that's what, you know, we have to remember is if he doesn't feel comfortable, he can do something about it.
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There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'
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I want to give consumers way more choices in health care. Choice and competition always drive down costs better than central control.
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You just have to try and keep on grinding and hope that things will turn around eventually.
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I will assert that U.S. economic growth is in lockstep with science and technology and, by extension, science education.
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Reconstruction is going to add jobs and growth to the economy.
