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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You could go out with a camcorder tomorrow and make a movie with virtually no money, but promoting a tiny low-budget movie costs $20 million. And the money they spend on the big movies is astronomical.
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I'm a true believer in story. I think when you just tell people to think, people tend to get resistant and defensive and feel like you're accusing them of not thinking.
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Their lips were four red roses on a stalk.
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There were nowhere more docile disciples of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin than the Nazis were.
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It's a year-to-year thing. And this year we decided no increase was appropriate.
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Reconstruction is going to add jobs and growth to the economy.
