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Maurice Allais Quotes

I was born May 31, 1911, in Paris. My parents owned a small cheese shop, and my maternal grandfather was a carpentry worker. I thus came from what is commonly known as the working class.

Maurice Allais

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: french
Birth: May 31, 1911 - October 9, 2010

Topics

Parents Small Born Paris Grandfather

Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.

Jim DeMint

Tea People Me Credit Party Way

I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment happened.

Jock Sturges

Myself Serving Apartment Denial Very

Everything matters. Time is precious.

Jessica Hagedorn

Time Matters Everything Precious

I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.

Joely Fisher

Great Listening Night Meeting Old

In its first 30 years of existence, up to the mid 1970s, the practical applications of game theory were very limited, probably as a result of excessive preoccupation by game theorists with cooperative solution concepts.

John Harsanyi

Game Solution Result First Existence

Our goal isn't to close Wal-Mart down. It is to make it a better, more humane company toward its employees and the communities it is in.

Robert Greenwald

Better Employees Goal Down More Our

I remember putting mascara on when I was 13 for the first time and going to the shop to buy a chocolate bar. I felt so exposed. I remember wearing a bra for the first time and feeling very exposed by that.

Mia Goth

Time Chocolate Remember Feeling Bar

All topics, issues, and subjects in 'The Room' add to the depth of the characters in the movie, and they are equally important.

Tommy Wiseau

Important Room Depth Issues Movie

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

Robertson Davies

Future Past People World Return

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

Ronnie James Dio

Life Music Time Patriotism Stupidity

After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked with shooting 42 minutes, or whatever, in eight days. That's not a lot of time.

Michelle MacLaren

Time You Television First Time First

Those 62 million girls who are not being educated around the world impact my life in Washington, D.C., in the United States of America. Because if we aren't empowering and providing the skills and the resources to half of our population, then we're not realizing our full potential as a society, as mankind.

Michelle Obama

Life World Society Potential Impact