Ben Bernanke Quotes
The banks have accounts with the Fed, much the same way that you have an account in a commercial bank.
Ben Bernanke
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Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
Saint Augustine
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
Ted Cruz
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Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
E. Joseph Cossman
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Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm afraid I don't have the latest figures to confirm this.
Rachel Cusk
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When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'
Salma Hayek
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I still like to sit in a room and play games all day, so I'm a kid, really.
Adam Peaty
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The Anger Management Tour was another beautiful thing. I loved that tour.
Obie Trice
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To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on your bed, even if there is a blackout.
Umberto Eco
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I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage.
Ed Case
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If you can't taste an ingredient, you have to ask yourself why it is there.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Nothing I had written before 'Mary Poppins' had anything to do with children, and I have always assumed, when I thought about it at all, that she had come out of the same wall of nothingness as the poetry, myth and legend that had absorbed me all my writing life.
P. L. Travers
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My feeling is that, and I've been writing about my family over the years, although it might make them feel uncomfortable, people generally like to be written about. If I've written a song about the family, they enjoy being mentioned in the songs. Nobody's confronted me and said 'don't write any songs about me.
Loudon Wainwright III
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Having an open mind does not necessarily lead to perfection. It is your ability to observe, analyze, discern, and understand the true essence that basic principles contain that point the way to perfection.
Ed Parker
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We had a very thorough exchange of the different positions of the EU-3 and the new government of Iran.
Jack Straw
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Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is not shooting enough footage of themselves.
Ben Affleck
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Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects.
Oscar Wilde
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For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about its comedies, and its tragedies seem to culminate in farce.
Oscar Wilde
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The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score,” Harry recited. “So — that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it?” “What’s basketball?” said Wood curiously. “Never mind,” said Harry quickly.
Joanne Rowling
