"Good economic policy requires not so much the bravado to implement drastic change as the strength and wisdom to make reasonable trade-offs over the many years it takes to transform a country's standard of living."

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Source : Peter Blair Henry (2013). “Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth”, p.7, Hachette UK

Peter Blair Henry

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“Your connection to other people keeps you human, and that connection, staying human - that's what you have against control. It's like if somebody is being controlled by their job, the connection is to their family. And if they stay connected to those people, the job will never really have control over them.”
“I feel like creating things without getting too hung up on little details, and paying more attention to the importance to the concept itself, is the way to move forward.”
“It's always very important to me to try to create a story that feels unpredictable. You can't jump ahead and see what's coming, but at the end, when you've watched the whole thing, it all feels inevitable.”
“Invest in a feather duster - the possibilities are endless.”
“Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we've gotten better.”
“To me, every fundamentalist Muslim, no matter how peaceable in his own behavior, is part of a murderous movement and is thus, in some fashion, a foot soldier in the war that bin Laden has launched against civilization.”

Source : "Bin Laden Is a Fundamentalist". National Review Online, October 22, 2001.
“I spend a fair amount of time just thinking about whether something is feasible or not, and if it is feasible, whether it's really worth doing.”
“Like all independent movies, the first thing you're looking for is a name actor who will justify your financing.”

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