Arthur C. Brooks Quotes

The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives.

Arthur C. Brooks

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SuccessMoneyPeopleFreeSkills

I love a kind of shambling outsider protagonist who always feels like they're 'other.'

Jill Soloway

LoveKindAlwaysOutsiderWhoLike

I think people imagine that your fame somehow sort of equates with how much you get paid.

Jennifer Saunders

PeopleThinkYouFameImaginePaid

I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult.

Matt Groening

ChildPlaySeriousGoofyAdult

When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.

Michael Clarke Duncan

SayReasonAlwaysSomethingHappens

I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you don't have to hire a lot of people to sit down and write a book, so that was the story-telling medium that was available to me.

John Sayles

TimePeopleMeBookYouSeeing

If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too.

Steve Burns

ChildrenParentsWantWatchingNeed

I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.

Sun Ra

PoliticianPhilosopherCategory

It is immensely enjoyable to work for an album because there's a lot more creative freedom. In films sometimes, all that the makers care about is making the music commercially appealing.

Shreya Ghoshal

WorkMusicFreedomCreativeCare

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.

Mary J. Blige

MusicGodMeBelieveBadSituation

For a brief moment, Ian Fleming made being an Englishman seem sexy, even to the French. He should have been awarded a knighthood, even possibly the Garter.

Michael Korda

MomentSexySeemBeingBeenMade

What we know to be true is that comfort isn't always freedom. People confuse the two.

DeRay Mckesson

FreedomPeopleBe TrueComfortKnow

You make a first impression and people never forget it. If people want to think of me as the wacky 'Juno' lady forever, I could think of worse ways to be labeled.

Diablo Cody

PeopleMeThinkNever ForgetYou

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