James Tobin Quotes

My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher.

James Tobin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 5, 1918 - March 11, 2002

Topics

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Every system I have in my house or my car, they're all tuned exactly the same.

Jimmy Iovine

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Two years ago I hadn't even thought of the Woman in White, and I was doing a television show and I said I hadn't found a story and the next day somebody rang me and said have you ever thought of the Woman in White.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all.

Max Brooks

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I don't ever want it to be about me. A friend of mine told me, 'The difference between fame and notoriety is fame is when people know you, and notoriety is when people know your work.' The first one is not respectable, but the second one is, because that leaves a legacy.

Troy Baker

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I'm much more on the phone to Mr. Kevin Pietersen these days than anybody else I know.

Trevor McDonald

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Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column.

Rory Bremner

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Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

Michael Pollan

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There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

Jean de la Bruyere

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I went to a boarding school with a strong Maori tradition, where we were taught all about the haka.

Jonah Lomu

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I'm proud of what I did in 'Daybreak.'

Coco Martin

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I wear myself out and struggle with the sun. And what a sun here! It would be necessary to paint here with gold and gemstones. It is wonderful.

Claude Monet

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'Teenage Dream' was the most difficult song I've ever been a part of. We wrote five different versions of it. We couldn't get the lyrics right. Max Martin and Dr. Luke wrote most of the melody, and then Katy Perry and I were responsible for getting the lyrics right.

Bonnie McKee

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