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.

Edward C. Prescott

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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 used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.

  

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• I'm just someone who marvels at God.

  

  Vera Farmiga
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• I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.

  

  Q'orianka Kilcher
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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.

  

  R. L. Stine
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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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• No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.

  

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• It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.

  

  Adam Derek Scott
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• It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

  

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• Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.

  

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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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• On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!

  

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• If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given all the predictions, would run counter to the democratic wishes of the Irish people.

  

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• 'Black Panther' has made me embrace my natural black hair. The representation of natural black hair in the film has made me reflect on myself.

  

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• It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.

  

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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.

  

  Edward C. Prescott
  • People
  • Good
  • Long