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Thomas Piketty Quotes

The United States could transform its property tax system into a progressive tax on net worth without asking permission to the rest of the world.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: french
Birth: May 7, 1971

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World Rest Worth Tax Without Asking

When we were doing 'Criminal Justice,' they were filming 'Clash of the Titans' nearby and we kept nicking off to their catering tent and going, 'Look what they've got!'

Justice Doing Look Criminal Justice

Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.

Nobody Movies Heroes Come He Should

My mother always thought if her mother hadn't left her, she would have been happy. All the problems she had never would have happened.

Mother Happy Problems Thought Never

A wonderful acting teacher I love, Josh Pais, has a system I love for being in the moment in acting, but also in life. And one of the things he reminds me of is to take a moment and just be here now.

Life Love Teacher Moment Me Acting

People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.

People Me Gold You Play Said

For most part, the rule of thumb is pretty much you're going to race guys hard the last quarter of the race and for sure the last run of the day. You're still going to give and take until that last pit stop.

Day You Stop Run Race Hard

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.

Heart Back Selling Country Nobody

'Game of Thrones' has kind of got the Midas touch, certainly for the lead actors and those recurring guest stars. It's the show that can do no wrong because it's so well produced. My contribution is short, but I think, in my mind, it was sweet because it involved such elaborate scenes.

Stars Mind Sweet Game Think Short

I think maybe ten years from now, I'm hopefully going to be, in like, Tahiti or something. Kicking back like in my huge mansion, if everything goes right, it's all up to me.

Me Think Back Now Right Everything

We have to come into this industry so young, and you have to learn to take it as it is. I was scouted at 14, started modelling at 15, and lived in New York at 16.

New York Learn You New Young Lived

O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!

Life Beauty Art Dream Human Cast

The market needs to set prices, including interest rates and allocate resources. If it were up to me, we would abolish the Fed and return to the gold standard. Absent that, the Fed should be completely removed from the political sphere, its dual mandate replaced by a single mission to provide the nation with sound money.

Money Me Gold Political Mission Up

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