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Joseph Stiglitz Quotes

Trump assumed office promising to 'drain the swamp' in Washington, D.C. Instead, the swamp has grown wider and deeper.

Joseph Stiglitz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 9, 1943

Topics

Washington Office Swamp Drain Deeper

In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe and shift about, like live matter in soil.

Live Job Painting Speak Information

Nowhere does our Constitution say we cannot say something about another's religion. Nowhere does our Constitution say we cannot say anything that offends someone.

Religion Constitution Someone Say

I've been called crazy many times before.

Crazy Been Before Many Times

A lot of times I'll make films that are mostly character-driven films - stories that involve people. Like, I make the joke: I like to make movies about human beings that live on Earth.

Live People Earth Movies Human Joke

Far too many scientists, including my good friend Richard Dawkins, present science as the truth and present it as factually correct. And actually, of course, that clearly isn't true.

Good Friend Truth Science Present

This is part of human nature, the desire to change consciousness.

Nature Change Human Nature Desire

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

Know Against Show How

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

Communication Attitude Patriotism His

I don't obsess about my weight. I just know I've got to watch it when my pants feel tight.

Feel Know Pants Watch Weight Just

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

Diane von Furstenberg

Life Woman Independence Run Pay Own

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

Donald Rumsfeld

Good Time Yourself People Think You

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

People Understanding Artist Side Her

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