Edmund Phelps Quotes

The difficulties of many European countries derive from their corporatism: state projects serving cronies and vast social protection programmes, both run by elites. These surged in the 1970s and 1980s.

Edmund Phelps

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RunDifficultiesServingProtection

I get recognised sometimes. But I just live my life. I get on the bus, I get on the subway, it's not a problem.

Joan Allen

LifeLiveMy LifeProblemSometimes

People assume that death hanging over my head would allow me to put things into perspective, but that's not how it works.

John Diamond

PerspectiveDeathPeopleMeHead

The C.E.O. of Google doesn't look like a Dick Cheney World Domination sort whom we should worry about as Google ogles our houses, our oceans, our foibles, our movements and our tastes.

Maureen Dowd

WorldWorryLookGoogleDomination

I prefer working on films. I like the variety. There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then playing someone sweet for the next two. Films give you this opportunity.

Amy Weber

GirlOpportunitySweetBetterYou

But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do.

Stephen King

LifeStartThinkPotentialYouWant

Revolutionaries who come to power by force of arms usually have great crimes in their background. Leaders who survive campaigns by great powers to destroy them do not survive because they observe the niceties of law. Subversives who shape world events by covert action and violence work in shadows and detest the light of day.

Stephen Kinzer

WorkPowerGreatLightDayLaw

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Ronald Reagan

GovernmentProblemsThemDoesSolve

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

Martin Parr

ThinkOrdinaryBecauseOurFamiliar

I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

Dolly Parton

GoodTimeHappyMeFindPerson

Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal.

Deepak Chopra

AdventureStoryBetrayalMoreHuman

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Dean Acheson

FatherImportantMoreMustExample

If you love the rule of law, you must love it in all of its applications. You cannot only love it when it provides the verdict you seek; you must love it when the verdict goes against you as well.

Cheryl Mills

LoveLawYouRule Of LawAgainst

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