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The Austrian a priori dogmatism (von Mises, especially; Hayek, to a lesser degree).

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• The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.

  

  Ilan Stavans
  • World
  • Heart
  • Culture

• In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.

  

  Orson Welles
  • America
  • Man
  • Bond

• We know taking care of an infant isn't just women's work - so why should maternity leave be the norm when paternity leave is the exception? There's no question that taking care of and bonding with a new baby is just as important and meaningful for dads as it is for moms.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Work
  • Important
  • Women

• Well, I have been in physical altercations, but they weren't really fights because I am too scared and Jewish. So anytime that it gets to a point where there is gonna be a fight, I immediately apologize.

  

  Adam Pally
  • Fight
  • Jewish
  • Apologize

• I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have so many feelings and I want to play in the Olympics and feel how special if I can win that tournament.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Country
  • Play
  • Feelings

• Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in.

  

  Sam Altman
  • People
  • Believe
  • Vision

• The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Power
  • Tax
  • Spend

• Yes, the marriage proposal was shot. Michael excluded the dialogue from the final edit.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Marriage
  • Dialogue
  • Final

• The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Money
  • Support
  • Government

• I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Think
  • Always
  • Rich

• I have an almost religious zeal... not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervous system of mother Earth, which I see as a living creature, linking up.

  

  Dan Millman
  • Up
  • Mother
  • Earth

• Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • Life
  • God
  • Love

• I've read the poker books, but at this point, everybody who's playing has read the poker books. I feel like I'm knowledgeable enough to understand what's going on in the game, and I understand why I suck. And I'm not sure if I'll ever rise beyond that to the level where I don't suck.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Why
  • Game
  • Feel

• Portam itineri dici longissimam esse.

  

  Marcus Terentius Varro

• MODERATOR 1: Okay. Which designers do you prefer?SECRETARY CLINTON: What designers of clothes?MODERATOR 1: Yes.SECRETARY CLINTON: Would you ever ask a man that question? Laughter, applauseMODERATOR 1: Probably not. Probably not. Applause

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Question
  • Laughter

• The wages Haiti requires by law belong in the department of science fiction: actual wages on coffee plantations vary from $.07 to $.15 a day

  

  Eduardo Galeano
  • Science
  • Law
  • Coffee

• I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

  

  Fulton J. Sheen
  • Time

• LaStampa has always been a free newspaper because of its economical sustainability, and we're proud of it. It's the only way for a newspaper to be independent.

  

  John Elkann
  • Free
  • Proud
  • Independent

• Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices me wherever I am or whatever I do.

  

  Epictetus
  • Property
  • Account
  • Taken Away

• Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation given to Joseph Smith, and the Lord's servants have always practiced it. 'And is that religion popular in heaven?' It is the only popular religion there.

  

  Brigham Young
  • Lord
  • Polygamy
  • Joseph Smith

• You are right to demand that an artist engage his work consciously, but you confuse two different things: solving the problem and correctly posing the question.

  

  Anton Chekhov
  • Work
  • Different
  • Question

• Nobody will notice me in the first row.

  

  Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich
  • Nobody
  • Notice
  • First Row

• The Austrian a priori dogmatism (von Mises, especially; Hayek, to a lesser degree).

  

  Kenneth Arrow