Michael Spence Quotes

Properly targeted public investment can do much to boost economic performance, generating aggregate demand quickly, fueling productivity growth by improving human capital, encouraging technological innovation, and spurring private-sector investment by increasing returns.

Michael Spence

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GrowthInnovationPerformanceHuman

I don't think it's fair to 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds to say 'Show us you're a winner right now!' Winning isn't everything. I'll never buy that thing that if a boy loses a football game, he's a loser in life.

Joe Paterno

LifeFootballWinningGameThink

There is no question that I loved representing the people of South Florida.

Joe Garcia

PeopleLovedQuestionFloridaSouth

If we want boys to succeed, we need to bring them back to education by making education relevant to them and bring in more service learning and vocational education.

Michael Gurian

EducationLearningServiceSucceed

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

Stephen Hawking

HealthI AmBelieveCareSayAfraid

On reflection, I am always pleasantly surprised when ordinary members of the public stop me in the street to say, 'Thank you,' I guess for making travel and other goods and services affordable to them.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

ReflectionTravelI AmMeThank You

It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child.

Tracey Ullman

PerspectiveChildYouMoreOpen

Uber is efficiency with elegance on top. That's why I buy an iPhone instead of an average cell phone, why I go to a nice restaurant and pay a little bit more. It's for the experience.

Travis Kalanick

ExperienceCell PhoneElegancePhone

It's very, very difficult to win golf tournaments.

Jason Day

WinGolfDifficultVeryTournaments

The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.

Christopher Nolan

BestFeelNeedOutJustAccommodate

'The Expats' is a thriller, but one that tends more toward general fiction than toward breathless pulp.

Chris Pavone

MoreFictionGeneralThanBreathless

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

Arthur Ashe

IdentityPotentialRaceMoreWithin

I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a nomination - that's when I watch my movies.

William Peter Blatty

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