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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Be truly whole, and all things will return to you.
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One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war.
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Progressive policies implemented since the early 1900s launched America into the modern age and created a vibrant middle class.
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I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun.
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I say I like your coat Her thank-you tugs my heart afloat I nearly didn't hear for Seagulls screaming kiss her, kiss her
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Economists create their own worlds. We're like little gods with our artificial economics, wanting to see what happens.
