George Stigler Quotes

Two years later, I went to the University of Minnesota from which I was on leave for several years during the war as a member of Statistical Research Group at Columbia University.

George Stigler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1911 - December 1, 1991

Topics

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People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

Joe Biden

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I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture.

Andy Serkis

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I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.

Steven Wright

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I'd happily cover the British Open every year until St. Andrews slides into the sea or Scotland runs out of beer, whichever happens first.

Steve Rushin

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Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.

Robin G. Collingwood

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There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at any early age before he's developed, before his hand is big enough to grip the ball correctly, will damage his arm.

Robin Roberts

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I don't know quite how a story develops in my head. It is a bit chaotic. If I am working on a series, one of the main characters at least is already in existence as well as some setting and minor characters. Finding the other main character can be a challenge. Sometimes this character already exists in a minor role in another book.

Mary Balogh

CharacterChallengeI AmBookStory

I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.

Michael Palin

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I'm very conscious that I'm in the minority in that I love what I do. How big is the number of people who are running to work to do a job that they like? And how lucky to be employed at it - how incredibly lucky.

Judi Dench

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I don't want to be obnoxious with my ambition or sound like I expect any sort of entitlement here. Hollywood is not in the business of humoring people.

Jason Bateman

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The hope that people walk into poker halls with and the despair they leave with was something I researched by actually visiting these poker halls.

Jason Gedrick

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It's nice to have a kind of Batman that isn't the 'I work alone. I'm darkness. I am the night' kind of thing.

Jason O'Mara

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