Timothy Noah Quotes

The intriguing aspect of food charges on airlines is that they create the perfect laboratory for any economist who wishes to study the question of how to price a good that possesses, by universal consensus, absolutely no objective value.

Timothy Noah

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GoodFoodValuePerfectCreate

I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting.

Jesse Plemons

TimeSmallTexasSmall TownActing

When I had no place to live and I had no place to sleep - and I did sleep in the Metro - I held steadfast to the fact that I had a dream, a reason why I'm doing this... that it was bigger than this moment.

Jeremy Scott

LiveMomentSleepDoingDreamPlace

Intimate scenes are always super awkward - and that is the truth. I know everybody says it, but it really is true.

Meghann Fahy

TruthKnowTrueAlwaysAwkwardSays

I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That's changed a lot, thank goodness.

Michelle Pfeiffer

RespectTimeThinkGoodnessSame

I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.

Jay Weatherill

FashionActionStrongThinkCorrupt

If I pretended to be confident all the time, that would just be a lie.

Chris Gethard

LifeSadMy LifeSayWhoLike

I don't think there's any better education than learning the intimate details of the lives of people who you most admire.

Brandon Stanton

EducationLearningPeopleBetterYou

Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

Pericles

PeopleSurviveActionCapableOnly

Republicans and others who are in anguish over the possibility of socialized medicine ought to have to explain their ideology to a mother with a sick newborn. They ought to have to explain how this nation can debate health care and not mention how abysmal ours is.

Richard Cohen

MotherHealthSickMedicineCare

I don't know much about sports.

Rene Russo

SportsKnowMuchAbout

Since the Affordable Care Act allows individuals to buy affordable health care coverage on their own, women no longer have to remain in a job just for the health insurance - they can feel free to start their own business or care for a child or elderly parent.

Jan Schakowsky

WomenBusinessHealthJobChild

I have been here before as a spirit - this is just my physical body, it is just an overcoat. And at death, you will take the overcoat off.

Glenn Hoddle

DeathYouBodyWillSpiritHere

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