Edward C. Prescott Quotes
Random distributions are not good things, because people are risk-averse, and this risk adversely affects their welfare. If you get too much price uncertainty, all kinds of long-term, mutually beneficial contracts can't be entered into.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to try and do the conventionally attractive thing. But part of it is that I don't have the energy to put on, like, makeup. If people want to do that, that's fine. But I've learned that it's not for me.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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I think a lot of bands go on way past the point where they're relevant. Some of them keep doing it because they're making millions of dollars. Or people are afraid - they don't know what else to do. It's scary to get out of a relationship of any kind.
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Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it.
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Good shoes - they're the ultimate finishing touch. In fact, we actually joke in my family that your shoes have to be shined before you can leave the house.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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The main thing in measuring integrity is someone's motive and intent, not how many records they sell. Our intent in Ministry was never to be big. We just wanted to make enough money to live and to buy a studio, which we have done in Austin.
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Random distributions are not good things, because people are risk-averse, and this risk adversely affects their welfare. If you get too much price uncertainty, all kinds of long-term, mutually beneficial contracts can't be entered into.
