Tyler Cowen Quotes

Buying from a local farmer can mean that he makes a two-hour extra truck drive, which can damage the environment more than a bunch of bananas on a boat.

Tyler Cowen

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We live inside our universe and cannot get a bird's-eye view of it from outside. And we cannot even see all of our universe. Distant parts of it are expanding away from us so fast that they are invisible; they go faster than the speed of light. Having bigger telescopes to see fainter stars will not help us here: invisible is truly invisible.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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I'm not allowed on FOX, and I'm not allowed on MSNBC.

Jesse Ventura

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There are five kinds of great apes: bonobos, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and the one which people always think of last: Humans!

Andy Dunn

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I'm aggressive, quite frankly, because Staten Island gets screwed all the time. And if I'm not aggressive, then I won't be successful. That's not being a bad boy. That's doing my job.

Michael Grimm

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When I walk down the street, it's not like people feel like they're seeing some big star. It's like someone they've known for a long time, someone that they feel comfortable with.

Steve Wilkos

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I think laughter is a sacred act.

Tom Shadyac

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China is beginning to act more like a world citizen. We need China to be more active on the world stage. For example, we should want China to be a bigger participant and a bigger shareholder in the IMF. We should want it to be an even more active participant in the G8 and G20.

Roger Altman

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I'm an actor first and foremost. But I've also started an organization, Broadway Impact, that advocates for marriage equality. I'm an actorvist.

Rory O'Malley

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My earliest memories of holidays are from when I was about eight. We lived in Pennsylvania, and every year we'd visit Miami.

Jay Parini

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Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.

Jose Manuel Barroso

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It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.

Bob Odenkirk

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Travelling doesn't stress me, since adequate 10-hour sleep post-travel is sufficient for me.

Anushka Shetty

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