"Modern economics is sick. Economics has increasingly become an intellectual game played for its own sake and not for its practical consequences for understanding the economic world. Economists have converted the subject into a sort of social mathematics in which analytical rigour is everything and practical relevance is nothing."

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Mark Blaug

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“It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.”
“Life is not at the mercy of matter.”

Source : Joel S. Goldsmith (2013). “Living Now”, p.62, BookBaby
“In general, workers under 35 highly value Millennials' ability to relate, be helpful, be open-minded, and be understanding. Employees over 35 appreciated their energy, enthusiasm, open-mindedness, fresh perspective, and understanding of new technologies. It is interesting, in my early research, Millennials entering the workforce reported advantages they claimed to have in the workplace. The advantages turn out to be strengths that are recognized in them as managers.”
“The press needs stories constantly. No need to bleed, just feed. Branding will keep you standing... Get press not stress.”
“Many Christians and Christian leaders have been neutralized by the love of money and materialism. The homage paid to affluence becomes a burden that saps our energy as well as our love for God and other people...Like Jesus and Paul, we can learn to be content with what we have, living modestly in order that we may give liberally to the work of the kingdom and to meet the needs of others.”
“I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.”
“Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart?”
“I love Africa in general South Africa and West Africa, they are both great countries.”

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