Edmund Phelps Quotes

For decades, my research was driven by outstanding problems in macroeconomics: mainly growth theory and employment theory.

Edmund Phelps

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One lawyer told me that he never drinks water or eats in front of the jury because they can't do either one.

Jeremy Sumpter

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Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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The Republican Party's typical position is to preemptively surrender whenever liberals start yelling 'Oh that's mean. You can't use that word': 'Oh I did not realize that 'The New York Times' made a finding that the term 'anchor baby' is offensive. Henceforth I shall not use it.'

Ann Coulter

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Every community has its own specialty and it's not just for clothing obviously, but for the home, etc.

Tracy Reese

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Fluency is the developmental process that connects decoding with everything we know about words to make the meaning of the text come to life. Fluency is a wonderful bridge to comprehension and to a life-long love of reading.

Maryanne Wolf

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I was a timid little guy when I was a kid. I used humor as a defense; I became the class clown. But deep inside, I felt real vulnerable.

Mike Huckabee

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Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre called for violent conflicts and justified terror.

Michel Onfray

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Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.

Michele Bachmann

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When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'

Joseph Heller

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In many senses, creativity and 'plagiarism' are nearly indivisible.

David Shields

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If Barack Obama goes on to win the election, there will be plenty of ink and video spent on chronicling the historic nature of the turnout among young voters and African-Americans. But as important as both constituencies have been to Obama - particularly in the primaries - it's Hispanics that could be putting him over the top on Nov. 4.

Chuck Todd

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I'd been working since I was eleven so I could buy my own comic books. I was that kid knocking on your door, selling subscriptions to the paper and crying because I wasn't going to sell that last paper that would allow me to go to Disneyland.

Boots Riley

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