Ben Bernanke Quotes
The actions taken by central banks and other authorities to stabilize a panic in the short run can work against stability in the long run if investors and firms infer from those actions that they will never bear the full consequences of excessive risk-taking.
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.
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Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
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If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.
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I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.
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When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.
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On this historic day, it is a high honor and rather humbling that a great number of my colleagues have come to me and urged me to lead the House into the 21st century, ... It is a calling that I have not sought. However, it is a duty that I cannot ignore.
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I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday.
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I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers.
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In my world, historical revenue is the least interesting thing to consider in an acquisition strategy.
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I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women's health care and education, and I'd dive on a live grenade to get this message out, so thank you for this forum.
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The actions taken by central banks and other authorities to stabilize a panic in the short run can work against stability in the long run if investors and firms infer from those actions that they will never bear the full consequences of excessive risk-taking.
