"Once the true relationship between inflation and unemployment is understood, with luck and skill, a free lunch is possible."

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Source : "The Death of Economics". Book by Paul Ormerod, 1994.

Paul Ormerod

#Skills Quotes #Lunch Quotes #Luck Quotes

“Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity”
“There's a woman protecting herself from the sun with a carousel.”
“My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.”
“Working with Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad has been totally thrilling because he is so clear in his approach.”
“Every place is a goldmine. You have only to give yourself time, sit in a teahouse watching the passers-by, stand in a corner of the market, go for a haircut. You pick up a thread â€“ a word, a meeting, a friend of a friend of someone you have just met â€“ and soon the most insipid, most insignificant place becomes a mirror of the world, a window on life, a theatre of humanity.”

Source : Tiziano Terzani (1997). “A fortune-teller told me”, HarperCollins
“The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.”
“Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.”

Source : "Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. February 6, 2012.
“Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child”

Source : Tom Stoppard (2014). “Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Play 2”, p.83, Faber & Faber

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