"Some time ago a little-known Scottish philosopher wrote a book on what makes nations succeed and what makes them fail. The Wealth of Nations is still being read today. With the same perspicacity and with the same broad historical perspective, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson have retackled this same question for our own times. Two centuries from now our great-great- . . . -great grandchildren will be, similarly, reading Why Nations Fail."

-- George Akerlof

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“But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country.”
“Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed.”
“The thing about Dirk [Gently] is that he's very lonely.”
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
“I want people to understand and recognize that when it comes to dating, you're not as crazy as you think you are. Everyone needs love. We need it like air or water. We just don't know how to get it.”
“I'm pretty easy going, I think.”

Source : "MTV 'Awkward's' Beau Mirchoff says Matty and Jenna 'Might Work Out At the End'". Interview with Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 23, 2011.
“Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.”

Source : "Letters of Note: Volume 2: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience". Book by Shaun Usher (p.190), 2016.
“My first character was Mr. Toad.”

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