Esther Duflo Quotes

The differences in income between the poor world and the rich world are so great that people have to be interested.

Esther Duflo

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GreatPeopleWorldRichDifferences

A journalist and an information architect face exactly the same problem - how to give shape to the pile of information in front of you in a way that will make it easy and natural for people to comprehend. I can't imagine any better preparation for the work I do now.

Jesse James Garrett

WorkPreparationPeopleFaceBetter

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.

John Bruton

PeopleFreeGrowFeelWillEconomy

I don't like when an Asian-American actor says, 'I'm entering this business to change Hollywood.' It feels like the wrong reason - I would prefer they entered the business for artistic reasons, because they need to do it.

John Cho

ChangeBusinessWrongHollywoodNeed

There's an awful lot of us who don't quite speak finance, speak money.

John Lanchester

MoneyFinanceSpeakUsAwfulWho

For Russians, to whom Pushkin's poem 'Eugene Onegin' is sacred text, the ballet's story and personae are as familiar and filled with meaning as, for instance, 'Romeo' and 'Hamlet' are for us. Russians know whole stretches of it by heart, the way we know Shakespeare and Italians know Dante.

Robert Gottlieb

HeartStoryMeaningKnowWayText

We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families.

Jeb Bush

FaithCommunityGovernmentWelcome

'Awwsome' was a different type of song for an artist like me, but it's still a true song. I was talking street stuff, but I was feeling awesome.

Shy Glizzy

MeSongTalkingArtistStreetTrue

I like A&E. I like those corny intimate-portrait things. They're so kind of ingenious and artificial and soothing.

Mary-Louise Parker

KindThingsLikeCornySoothing

I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.

Miguel Ferrer

BusinessDoingYearsStartedStuff

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

Miguel de Cervantes

WarNothingFortuneSubject

I find it is increasingly difficult to spend the time I need with my family and at the same time do the job that needs to be done.

Brian Baird

FamilyTimeJobFindDoneDifficult

I became a stand-up because that was my survival.

Brad Garrett

SurvivalBecauseStand-UpBecame

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