Edward C. Prescott Quotes
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I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worker. This is your box, and you're not allowed to stray outside of it.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
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I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.
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I'm not a flying fan. I can't bear it.
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I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.
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The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.
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If you have a passion and love for something, it's hard to give it up. I had jobs where the people were helpful and let me go to auditions, and I'd make up the hours another day. I was lucky in that respect: I could afford to get to London.
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When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.
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Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.
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I never do, I don't even go to the retrospectives.
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You spend five months filming in outer space and saving the world, and suddenly that kind of family unit and story disappears, and you come crashing back down to Earth, and you have to do your own washing... and most actors are insecure that the last job they did will be their last job ever.
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You can still wear trousers and show off your ankles - which are a nice body part on everyone.
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As people's lifestyles have improved, they've become more and more sensitive toward animals. It's becoming a universal value, like Western classical music.
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You've got to be before you can do and do before you can have.
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我们的原则是党指挥枪，而决不容许枪指挥党。
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It's not about one person doing one big thing ... It's about a lot of people doing small things that really make the difference.
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Women do fool around. But the reason they don't get caught is that when a woman mess with a man he lives cross town, out of town. Fellas we mess with next door neighbor, co-worker, wondering why she found out.
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Light is a powerful substance. We have a primal connection to it. But, for something so powerful, situations for its felt presence are fragile.
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For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.
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Monetary policy causes booms and busts.
