Douglass North Quotes

While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy event in my early life was winning first, third, fourth and seventh prizes in an international competition for college and high school students.

Douglass North

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1920 - November 23, 2015

Topics

LifeSchoolCompetitionCollegeHigh

To teach an academic subject is certainly not easy, but compared to coaching, it is. We can say 'two plus two is four' to every kid and be sure that we are right. But in coaching, we have to literally get to the soul of the people we are dealing with.

Joe Paterno

SoulPeopleCoachingEasySayTeach

If you just want to be a star, go away.

Jenifer Lewis

YouGoWantStarJustGo Away

I've been blessed with so many opportunities and so many amazing things throughout this process. But all the while, I remember that the reason that I'm here and the reason that I do music and tell these stories is that people come to know the love, the God that I know.

Andra Day

LoveMusicGodPeopleBlessedKnow

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

ProcessDemocraticWhoInitiated

I love the creative process. That's always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something.

Amy Lee

LoveHeartCreativeProcessCreating

The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we've got is Justin Bieber, who'd be locked up if he tried the stuff Gaga gets away with. Women are the only rock stars now. Adele is brutally honest. I want to be like her.

Tom Odell

StarsWomenHistoryLadyYouRock

So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order.

Rowan Williams

BeautyCreativeChaosWorldCreate

The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy.

Michael Moore

PeopleControlDownWallStreet

I've always got a home in England. My family and friends are there. It's a place I hold very close to me.

Jason Statham

FamilyHomeMeFriendsPlaceAlways

If a joke makes our tribe laugh, we assume it will make other friend-tribes laugh.

Jay Chandrasekhar

LaughWillJokeTribeAssumeOur

A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.

Pir Vilayat Khan

PerfectionManSearchPerfectHuman

Films are a part of my being, they don't define me.

Preity Zinta

MeDefineBeingPartFilms

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