Dale T. Mortensen Quotes
Economics is a strange science. Our subject deals with some of the most important as well as mundane issues that impinge on the human condition.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
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I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.
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The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
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What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I can't play the part. They say, 'Oh, we love Halle, we just don't want to go black with this part.'
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The rarity is the sudden epiphany or single turning point showing you with dramatic clarity that your marriage is over, although that does happen. Most relationships hover on a precipice for years before one party or the other finally decides it is time to jump, and coming to the decision isn't easy.
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There's no real downside to any sort of work that I do. I'm all so grateful for it, but I wouldn't say that animated work is just a walk in the park. It is easy, it's really fun, but I don't know why I really stress myself out every time I'm about to go in.
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The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects.
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My life is what it is, and I can't change it. I can change the future, but I can't do anything about the past.
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When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'
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Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.
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Economics is a strange science. Our subject deals with some of the most important as well as mundane issues that impinge on the human condition.
