Paul A. Volcker Quotes

You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead of inflation, and it was just - that was America.

Paul A. Volcker

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A lot of young women ask me, 'Can you go into politics and maintain your ideals?' Well, I think you can. You might not, in any one interview, tell the whole truth, but to deliberately deceive the public who've elected you is totally unacceptable.

Joan Kirner

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By annihilating somebody else in whatever way, then that person feels that they also have the ability to, then, restore the person.

Jennifer Beals

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My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my adult Jewish life.

Anita Diament

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With 'The Host,' I think the actors could be really big names. That would be cool. I'd love to see Robert Redford put on a beard and be Jeb; he would be amazing... Matt Damon has some very Jared-esque qualities, and then Casey Affleck as Ian and Ben Affleck as Kyle. Imagine the interplay.

Stephenie Meyer

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Public broadcasting makes our nation smarter, stronger and, yes, safer.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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I'm not bragging, but just going Sunday to Sunday, it will be a real rare game when I don't catch a pass.

Steve Largent

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Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Robert Burns

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But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction.

Joseph Rotblat

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I don't take on a project unless I know the end result is going to make me happy. If I can't give 100 percent to something, I choose not to do it because it's very difficult to have so many pots on the fire at one time.

Johnny Weir

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Our party feels that we need to have fair compensation, living wage, good benefits, and decent treatment of workers, and that we can do that and still be competitive on a global basis.

Dick Durbin

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I teach metaphysics and pastor a church.

Della Reese

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I'm busier than I've ever been, but you can go through the lists of people who are bang up there one minute, and then just disappear.

Chris Hemsworth

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