Edward C. Prescott Quotes
Economists create their own worlds. We're like little gods with our artificial economics, wanting to see what happens.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
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Any faith of more than 1.6 billion people is going to have some of them who falsely justify actions on that faith.
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I believe in eating what I like and sweating it out in the gym.
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I've been dancing since the age of two. I don't really remember it, because I was little, but my mom signed me up and would put me in cute costumes. A lot of little girls get into dancing, but I loved it so much that I kept doing it.
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It is enough for a poet to be the guilty conscience of his age.
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I think that you can love people without it being the great love.
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My hair is naturally straight, and I maintain its texture. My weekly indulgence is an egg-white and olive oil hair mask that deep-conditions and adds incredible shine.
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I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.
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I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
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When I watch a romantic comedy, I feel like they're selling something that doesn't exist. Two beautiful, but extremely unpleasant, people are terrible to each other for an hour, accidentally kiss, then decide to like each other during an extremely vague montage. That isn't how people fall in love.
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I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.
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It is very difficult to work in another language, and it is also very challenging.
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At the pinnacle of great design are products so gorgeous and lust-worthy that you want to lick them: a Porsche 911, Samsung's Luxia TV, an Eames lounge chair or anything by Loro Piana.
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In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.
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You buy a new iPhone, a few months later, another new iPhone comes out, and you get online to buy another one. You can't get enough. You are addicted to Apple.
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A tremendous social responsibility comes with being a successful public performer.
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My signature is like a squished spider.
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Fear is a huge thing for older people.
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My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.
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Genre is a really great shorthand you can have with an audience. In the same way you can use music to create a connection with an audience, it brings so much of their knowledge of what genre really is to the table. You have a shortcut to connect with them. I really like that.
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Follow your passion. The rest will attend to itself. If I can do it, anybody can do it. It's possible. And it's your turn. So go for it. It's never too late to become what you always wanted to be in the first place.
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Economists create their own worlds. We're like little gods with our artificial economics, wanting to see what happens.
