Paul Samuelson Quotes

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows.

Paul Samuelson

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WorldProblemHandsHungryStomach

I kind of waited for opportunities to be handed to me. I think I was lazy, and when things didn't go right, I just said, 'Oh well.'

Jennifer Coolidge

MeOpportunitiesThinkGoSaidKind

I'm not the best person at putting words together. I can't give you the melody. But I might inspire somebody.

Meek Mill

BestTogetherWordsInspireYou

It would be too glib, not a hundred per cent true, to say that my father's career as a banker was what made me a writer. But it would be slightly true, and it was certainly the case that his work as a banker made me see that the trade-offs people make between their work and their lives are often badly skewed.

John Lanchester

WorkFatherPeopleMeCareerTrue

The history of Montana has been of the government giving land grants to people that could not possibly turn it into decent farms. And that's destroying their lives. So they don't see the government as something that's out there to help them.

Angus Deaton

HistoryGovernmentPeopleHelpLand

In Hollywood, whenever you do anything, it seems like there's going to be 30 of them. When I did 'Look Who's Talking,' people went: 'Oh but there's going to be this baby movie and that baby movie.' I can't worry about that. I can only do what I want to do.

Amy Heckerling

PeopleBabyWorryTalkingYouLook

To do it on film, where it'll be seen by more people than have seen the play since it was written, it humbles you.

Stephen Henderson

PeopleYouPlayMoreSeenFilm

If the audience is made to do not enough work, they resent it without knowing it. Too much and they get lost. There's a perfect pace to be found. And a perfect place that is different for every line of the play.

Tom Stoppard

WorkEnoughPerfectPlacePlayLost

I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I don't really know anymore.

Liz Phair

PeopleChaosSongI CanKnowWay

A lot of my personal life feels very separate from my music.

Julia Holter

LifeMusicPersonalPersonal Life

What a crazy coincidence that the teaching of Christ sees to be so compatible with late-era capitalism, suburban isolation, rampant consumerism. And so I am not ever surprised when I see evangelicals contort themselves to justify supporting Donald Trump.

Josh Tillman

I AmCrazyCapitalismIsolationSee

I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down by time.

Conor Oberst

LoveTimeDownLooksSculpturePark

This journey from non-dancer to dancer has given me a lot of self-confidence and inner strength. I feel like a different person.

Ashish Sharma

StrengthJourneyMeSelf-Confidence

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