"Economists don't usually make good speculators, because they think too much."

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Paul Krugman

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“A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories.”
“Marriage in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have.”
“The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.”
“The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.”

Source : Anthony Storr (2005). “Solitude: A Return to the Self”, p.61, Simon and Schuster
“It wasn't so long ago when all the so-called scientists said that humans were intelligent and that animals weren't, humans were the solitary unchallenged masters of the globe and probably the universe and the only question was whether we were handling our mastery well. (No. Next question.)”
“I see the task of architecture as the defense of the authenticity of human experience”

Source : "Encounters: Architectural Essays". Book by Juhani Pallasmaa, 2006.
“I will drop into your chest like a vegetal ambrosia. I will be the grain that regenerates the cruelly plowed furrow. Poetry will be born of our intimate union. A god we shall create together, and we shall soar heavenward like sunbeams, perfumes, butterflies, birds, and all winged things.”
“When God has assigned you, He knows where and when to find you.”

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