"The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences the business cycle is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank."

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Source : Interview with Marika Griehsel, www.nobelprize.org. September 2004.

Robert Fogel

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“Mozart is sweet sunshine.”
“I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time.”
“Always carry a camera, it's tough to shoot a picture without one.”
“Machineries of reason, machineries of conduct, machineries of virtue. The machine that regulates instinct, keeps oneâ€™s hands free of another manâ€™s throat, free of oneâ€™s own. These machines have all, as someone said, gone too long in the elements. Gummed now, rusted, bloodless. I forget who said it and I no longer care.”
“In one-act pieces there should be only rubbish that is their strength.”
“I suppose all moms have an idea who they hope their daughters will be. Like a connect-the-dots picture where you think you know what shape it will become. But then it's the daughter who draws the lines, and she might connect the dots you didn't intend, making a whole different picture. So I've gotta trust the dots she's given me, and she's gotta trust me to draw the picture myself.”
“The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere.”
“Imitate the sun. Don't worry if people understand you. Just shine shine shine.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 16, 2014

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