Ben Miles Quotes
Economists largely confine themselves to three key factors - capital, labor and productivity - when explaining how and why a country grows.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
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When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.
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When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
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I try to stay focused.
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I've sort of heard that 'it' girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?
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In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talking about.
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In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation went into the Second World War and it united the Finnish nation, so I do not see any more wounds.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
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I come up with a blurb at the beginning, but the book will always be completely different by the time it's finished. They say, 'Where's the book you were going to write?' And I say, 'Forget about it. It doesn't exist.'
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When you first saw 'The Truman Show,' did anyone else walk around for the next week not picking your nose just in case?
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there should be no debate anymore.
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Economists largely confine themselves to three key factors - capital, labor and productivity - when explaining how and why a country grows.
