"Growth is improving the lot of the poor in many countries, reducing poverty by half since 1981. Freer trade could accelerate progress."

-- Francois Bourguignon

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“It's always a challenge bringing a great story classic to the screen. Giving visual form to the characters and places that have only existed in the imagination. But it's the kind of challenge we enjoy.”
“People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.”
“There may be many things wrong with the United States but only a blind fool who hasn't been paying attention for the last twenty years would hold up Europe as the alternative.”
“The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in.”
“And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before.”
“People die of fright and live of confidence.”
“Why spend a day in the library when you can learn the same thing by working in the laboratory for a month?”

Source : "Frank H. Westheimer, major figure in 20th century chemistry, dies at 95". news.harvard.edu. April 19, 2007.
“People love real human chemistries and if you can put it on the screen you are going to get people's hearts; you're going to go straight to them. That's one of the secrets of life.”

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