Christina Romer Quotes

There's a joke in economics about the drunk who loses his keys in the street but only looks for them under the lightposts. When asked why, he says, 'because that's where the light is.' That's the problem with the deficit.

Christina Romer

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A lot of stuff people do these days is not mentally challenging.

Michael A. Stackpole

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I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesn't do it in musical terms, he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him.

Trevor Rabin

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I was well read and knew languages, but I didn't want to become Ezra Pound. I wanted to write poetry that people like my parents might respond to.

Tony Harrison

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I'm a lucky gal.

Rosie Perez

LuckyGal

I suffered from a mild case of postpartum depression after my second child and the physical challenge of maintaining an overnight shift at CBS, a marriage, and two in diapers made the symptoms worse and everyone in the house paid the price.

Mika Brzezinski

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Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in a storybook, atop a horse, wearing a didashah and pointing a long arm.

Mona Simpson

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Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.

Mo Udall

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The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I am Chinese. I speak fluent Mandarin. And I go, 'Man, it's about time a Chinese person could step up to a Hollywood screen, and international screen, and help save the world.'

Ludi Lin

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The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.

Julia Leigh

WorkGreatTimeLongYouLong Time

I feel like, looking back, if I didn't have so many injuries, who knows where my numbers could be right now. But only God can judge me.

Jose Reyes

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Paul Auster is my favourite writer, and I'm sure he'd be a very interesting person to share a journey with.

Cornelia Parker

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