"Economic theorists should not make such a production about taking a rabbit out of a hat after having put the rabbit into the hat in full view of the audience."

-- Joan Robinson

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“The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.”

Source : Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.164, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a good guy.”
“Rachel,â€ came a raspy voice from the upper level, and both Trent and I turned. It was Quen, wrapped in a blanket as if it was a death shroud, the black-haired intern at his side, supporting him. His hair was plastered to his skull with sweat, and I could see him wavering as he stood there. â€œDonâ€™t touch Trenton,â€ he said, his gravelly voice clear in the hush, â€œor Iâ€™m going to have to come down thereâ€¦and smack you around.”
“It's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that if I give it to someone else and it doesn't turn out as it could have done, I'd feel as if I'd orphaned my baby.”
“Our fate is something which exists outside ourselves, and which once revealed expresses the meaning of our lives. Apart, however, from soothsayers who claim to have a means of foretelling exactly what will befall us, this kind of fate is only normally revealed after a life has ended. Only then can the meaning of that life be understood.”

Source : Andrew Gamble (2013). “Politics and Fate”, p.19, John Wiley & Sons
“The ultimate goal of Bhakti is to get Krishna and we get it by taking shelter of the holy name.”
“Brooke Berman's voice is utterly distinct, and her book, detailing her nomadic artist's journey toward both a successful playwriting career and a home of her own, through 20 years of cramped sublets, high-rise palaces, writer's colonies, and boyfriend's vans, is a hilarious, hopeful, and penetrating must-read.”
“It is an absolute privilege to be able to speak another language and have it be something you grew up with. I think it's a very important thing and I think that everywhere else in the world people speak more than one language.”

Source : "Lucy Liu Talks 3 Needles". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. November 27, 2006.

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