Simon Kuznets Quotes

Does inequality in the distribution of income increase or decrease in the course of a country's economic growth?

Simon Kuznets

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 30, 1901 - July 8, 1985

Topics

GrowthInequalityCountryEconomic

I'm an honorary old Jewish lady of the West Village.

John Cameron Mitchell

LadyVillageOldJewishWest

We just assumed that Walter Cronkite was unbiased. In hindsight, it is clear that Walter Cronkite was biased and that he used feigned objectivity as the cudgel to change the American narrative from being a right of center one to being a left of center one.

Andrew Breitbart

ChangeAmericanRightHindsightLeft

There was an ITV television production of the second novel I wrote, called 'Murder of Quality.' It was a little murder story set in a public school - I'd once taught at Eton, and I used that stuff.

John le Carre

QualitySchoolStoryTelevisionUsed

Because making movies is such an expensive endeavor, other media such as books and comics have long been a more feasible way to experiment with truly new ideas.

Anita Elberse

IdeasMediaLongNewMoviesWay

My mother left behind three daughters when she went to America and started a new life. I certainly felt abandoned when my father died of a brain tumour; I felt he had abandoned me to this terrible, volatile mother and I had no protection.

Amy Tan

LifeFatherMotherMeBrainAmerica

It was far more fun than work doing those shows for all those years, we all loved each other and loved going to work, we all understood how fortunate we were to be in that place, to have achieved that success worldwide.

Steve Kanaly

WorkSuccessFunLovedDoingPlace

I used to go out and carouse. I was afraid to go to sleep because I thought I might miss something.

Steven Ford

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Bill Clinton championed discriminatory laws against formerly incarcerated people that have kept millions of Americans locked in a cycle of poverty and desperation.

Michelle Alexander

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I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart.

Joyce Carol Oates

HumorYouFallSense Of HumorSay

Being a mom, I can't imagine my child not having a meal. That's hard to digest.

Ciara

ChildMomHardMealImagineBeing

I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.

Avi

GoodThinkFeelLaughEnjoyWant

The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.

Alice Munro

LifeHomeChildrenParentsDeepYou

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