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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Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
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You have to be very strong and headstrong to make your place. You have to know how to say no. Patience is very important.
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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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It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.
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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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Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes.
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I was such a huge fan of 'The X-Files.'
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We're not playing your typical guitar tuning, so there is no normal chords for us to get our footing with. We're pretty much making it up as we go as far as the sounds we're creating. Oftentimes, the song will be inspired by just a certain kind of block of sound that somebody creates.
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Monetary policy causes booms and busts.
