"One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing."

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Emily Oster

#People Quotes #Economic Quotes #Should Quotes

“A nation's art is the expression of its soul.”
“For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image of sensible matter, but an image that is perceived by the mind alone: God, who alone is truly God.”
“At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.”

Source : "Paula Radcliffe set for surgery as Olympic preparation begins" by Barney Ronay, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2011.
“Led Zeppelin was pretty much what made me pick up drum sticks.”
“Your family should be there. Your family should always be there. What does it say about you if they aren't?”

Source : Chris Lynch (2012). “Inexcusable”, p.117, Simon and Schuster
“To my everlasting relief, heâ€™d also stopped with the starch a few years back . The military made him big on spray starch, but I point-blank refused to touch the stuff after a while. He finally gave up doing it himself, and I manfully restrained myself from pointing out that the world didnâ€™t explode when he did. And they say maturity is just for adults.”
“In a world where millions of human beings live in extreme poverty, die of malnutrition and lack medical care, where pandemics continue to kill, it is imperative to pursue good faith disarmament negotiations and to shift budgets away from weapons production, war-mongering, surveillance of private persons and devote available resources to address global challenges including humanitarian relief, environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation, prevention of pandemics, and the development of a green economy.”

Source : "UN Expert Urges States to Cut Military Spending and Invest More in Human Development". www.ohchr.org. April 14, 2014.
“You're probably right; he probably needs medication. That's all.”

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