Ben Bernanke Quotes
Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it's important that we all realize that.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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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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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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Starting out, they told me: 'You're a good-looking guy. We'll put you in this role, and you can be a conduit for the audience into this side of the story.' But I've grown up, and that's not what I want anymore. My concept of the job I do has evolved. And it is a job, nothing more.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic.
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Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.
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When my son was 3 years old - I'll never forget this - there was this homeless guy walking toward us, and my son looked at me, and he said, 'Who's your buddy?'
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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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It's not just about young people - there are films being made that deal with women getting older. That's a huge bonus, and here in America, that's a huge step forward.
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People resent being shown that they don't approach the complexities of the problem - they don't know what exists beyond the surface ripples.
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Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.
