Vernon L. Smith Quotes

After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics.

Vernon L. Smith

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I take the work seriously. Which is why I always swing for the fences whenever I voice a character. But that said, I don't take myself all that seriously.

Jim Cummings

WorkCharacterMyselfVoiceSwing

Your own personal health is your own personal choice, all the way down the line.

Melissa Etheridge

HealthChoiceDownPersonalWayOwn

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.

Mel Torme

BusinessAgeRichThinkThreeBreak

The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease communication with someone. It adds disconnection is used against expelled members and those who attack the church.

John Sweeney

FamilyCommunicationChurchChoose

I've never found kicks to the groin particularly funny, although recent work in the genre of the buddy movie suggests audience research must prove me wrong.

Roger Ebert

WorkFunnyMeResearchWrongNever

I'm disturbed by the words missing from the Trump campaign: Liberty, justice, freedom, and tolerance.

Ron Chernow

FreedomJusticeWordsTolerance

Going to Cambodia to cover the genocide trials, I did read a lot about the Khmer Rouge; I read a lot about the country and its history.

Michael Paterniti

HistoryCountryTrialsGenocideRead

My older brother's been my best friend since I can remember. I talk to him every day of my life, and anytime he's in town we're together. But I'm also very close with my parents. We all get along very, very well. We've never had fights or anything like that.

Mitchel Musso

LifeFriendBestDayTogether

On crosses, sometimes I make my move one or two seconds before the ball is coming because I'm trying to guess that the ball is coming there. It's intuition. So I run. Sometimes the ball comes...sometimes not. But that intuition is working.

Javier Hernandez

TryingSometimesRunTwoIntuition

Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author.

Jonathan Dee

KindExperimentWellNovelsReader

I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.

Dolly Parton

I AmPeopleBendBackwardsOverAm

Going to Peru is, well, if you ever have an opportunity in your life to go there, you should do it because it is absolutely mind boggling.

Dean Stockwell

LifeOpportunityMindYouGoGoing

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