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George Akerlof Quotes

The whole intention of empirical economics is to force theory down to Earth.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 17, 1940

Topics

Economics Intention Down Earth Force

I don't like to date so much as I just like to kind of, you know, run into somethin', man.

Man You Know Kind Run Just

Allison Jones, a big casting director out there, was like, 'They're casting 'The Daily Show' right now - you should submit a tape.' I remember leaving school to go shoot an audition.

Jessica Williams

Daily School Remember You Go Now

You think about getting old, but when you get there, it's not what you thought it would be.

Think Thought You Getting Old Old

In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.

Humor Words Man Me Action Hurt

In 2014, I left my job and launched TransTech Social Enterprises, a for-profit and nonprofit hybrid model focusing on the well-being of the trans community, not on external profits for shareholders.

Community Job Well-Being Social Left

Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases, to create them you lose yourself. Or at least you reshape yourself to encompass them.

Yourself Baby You Lose Create Like

You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it's going to happen.

Story You Know Will Never See

Im afraid that when it comes to the Christian life, and especially the issue of assurance, too many of us adopt the Barney Fife approach. That is, we let the enemy bully us into believing that were only safe as long as were wearing our Christian 'uniform.'

Life Christian Long Enemy Uniform

I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs.

Robert B. Laughlin

Myself Small Glass Chemistry Torch

You gain know-how from playing matches because every moment of a football match has its own rhythm.

Moment Football You Rhythm Own Gain

I have grown up in Delhi in a way, and I keep coming here often. But, and I am sorry to say, I'll always be nervous when in Delhi. In my college days, I have had my bum pinched around so many times. So yes, in Mumbai, I can just walk around and do what I want to do, but in Delhi I'll always be scared.

Walk I Am College Sorry I Can Want

I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.

Myself Communism More Call Communist

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