"It is the business of economists, not to tell us what to do, but show why what we are doing anyway is in accord with proper principles."

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Source : Joan Robinson (1962). “Economic philosophy”, p.21, Transaction Publishers

Joan Robinson

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“As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters.”
“The only way that I could figure they could improve upon Coca-Cola, one of life's most delightful elixirs, which studies prove will heal the sick and occasionally raise the dead, is to put bourbon in it.”
“There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.”
“Andy Brown is one of our most interesting and exciting younger poets. With its love of ideas and language, his work demonstrates that there need be no barriers in poetry; that the philosophical, the lyrical and the playful can be combined in work of assured and generous vision.”
“It's kind of cheesy, but my mama, who you all have seen on the show, says to cook for your man. She's Southern, so when he comes home, be pullin' a pie out of the oven. That's always been her advice, and you know what? It works. Your man wants to see you in the kitchen, puttin' some love into some food; it works for Eric, that's for sure.”
“True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.”

Source : "The Caring Heart!" by Nkem DenChukwu, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 6, 2016.
“You create your luck by being healthy and not regretting the past or being anxious about the future.”

Source : "The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Starting And Running Your Business". techcrunch.com. August 24, 2013.
“I never feel like I am "using" a voice, rather I am listening to a voice and recording it as faithfully as it comes to me and as I can. I think that the female sex is much maligned, even in our supposedly sexually "open" society. It is the site of a woman's pleasure, and the source of (most) children's entry into the world, and an ancient symbol of power and fecundity, and we are directly or indirectly told in modern times that it's dirty, shameful, ugly, odorous, and to be hidden away.”

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