"...the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and for purely theoretical and often highly ideological speculation, at the expense of historical research and collaboration with the other social sciences."

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Source : "Capital in the Twenty-First Century". Book by Thomas Piketty, March 10, 2014.

Thomas Piketty

#Passion Quotes #Discipline Quotes #Historical Quotes

“Those who always know what's best are a universal pest.”
“I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.”
“Keep being aggressive, that's what my teammates and my coaches ask me to do. If I see things are going well, I know there's more of a comfort level for me to continue to do that.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“...the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry...”

Source : Billy Collins (2012). “The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems”, p.85, Pan Macmillan
“Today anywhere you go you will find that this is a living legacy which is not only for now, not only for the next one hundred years, but for the coming two thousand years of the Age of Aquarius, when mankind will find shelter in the 3HO way of life. And then, you who are here now, who are just considered to be a handful of people, shall be considered as the most Divine.”
“Nulle cre ature humaine ne peut commander a' l'amour. No human being can give orders to love.”
“There are etiquette things that actors, new actors, need to know about. Because it only takes one mess-up on a set to get fired. Not being where you're supposed to be or saying something to the wrong person that you're not supposed to say, and those are like basic things that the actors need to know.”
“You have to be very careful with women friends.”

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