Eric Maskin Quotes

It wasn't that Harvard was deliberately trying to overwork me, but I think I had a tendency to take on more things out of enthusiasm than were good for me.

Eric Maskin

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GoodMeThinkEnthusiasmTryingOut

Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where we think al-Qaida is operating and Taliban remnants are.

John Abizaid

BorderThinkMilitarySideWell

We did not seek ideological confrontation.

John Hume

SeekConfrontationDidIdeological

Now I can say I'm a Grand Slam champion, and it sounds really crazy.

Angelique Kerber

CrazyChampionI CanNowSayGrand

There's a lot of crappy music that people like, you know, all over the world, and Norway is definitely not an exception.

Sondre Lerche

MusicPeopleWorldYouKnowOver

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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My first husband dragged me out of London and made me live in the suburbs in Surrey - not where you want to be when you're 23.

Lisa Jewell

LiveMeHusbandYouWantLondon

I find the ones that have the most emotional weight, the heaviest songs. For some reason, for me, they're usually the ones I write the quickest. I put more work into uplifting material, I think, sometimes.

Jason Isbell

WorkMeThinkFindSometimesWrite

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

Don Herold

TemptationWhyWillMoreAlways

I've heard rumors about myself that are true - and nobody likes that. But there's actually something very liberating when you hear a false rumor because you realize there's nothing you can do. People are going to say whatever they want - especially on chat boards.

Christian Borle

MyselfPeopleYouNobodyWantTrue

The issues we hear Donald Trump talking about are just so contrary to who we are as a people. They are an affront and an insult to our higher angels and our best selves.

Cory Booker

BestPeopleTalkingDonald TrumpWho

When I was first elected I was puzzled why they were holding events in my honor as a mere freshman. I asked myself, why is a federal entity so involved in political activity?

Brian Baird

MyselfHonorPoliticalWhyFirst

I am coming back to New York after five years, and it seems that psychics are taking over the city.

Aravind Adiga

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