Nathan Myhrvold Quotes

Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'

Nathan Myhrvold

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I just don't want to do crap movies, man, because I just love that I can get up and talk about them and talk to journalists about stuff that I'm really proud of.

Joel Edgerton

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I've flown across America, I've scaled fences, I've stood under windows and gone out of my way hundreds of times. I'm a hopeless romantic. There's no hope for me.

Joel Madden

HopeRomanticMeAmericaWindows

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

Jeanette Winterson

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FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men.

Stuart Symington

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Feeding the world will be one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. It will be impossible without using scientific advancements and biotechnology.

Mike Pompeo

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We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves.

Mitch Daniels

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My mother was really amazing and left me with a whole lot of treasures. I miss her terribly.

Dianne Reeves

MotherAmazingMeMissHerLeft

Anybody who's into Arthurian legends will appreciate that they are being re-told. The Arthurian legends have been developed and re-told over the years.

Colin Morgan

AppreciateLegendsWillOverYears

I try to find happiness in almost anything... watching videos about new exercises, like ones you can do on a flight when you clench your buttocks.

Boy George

HappinessYouFindNewFlightTry

I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

Brooke Shields

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It's a play where something went wrong, 'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long. If you sit there, my friend, From beginning 'til end, Then your bladder better be strong!

Allan Sherman

FriendBeginningBe StrongBetter

I've long been interested in the role of 'minor characters' in major events. This has been the focus of a lot of the fiction and nonfiction I've written.

Thomas Mallon

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