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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to ru

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. – Joseph Stiglitz

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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely. – Joseph Stiglitz

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Family
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Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently. – Joseph Stiglitz

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Politics
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My teachers helped guide and motivate me but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst. – Joseph Stiglitz

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Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain. – Ray Kurzweil

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When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom. – Shakti Gawain

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Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race. – Stanley Kunitz

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Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. – Mo Udall

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If you think Independence Day is Americas defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. – Tony Snow

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America allows us to be able to dream, then gives us the ability to achieve those dreams. – Rick Mears

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Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords. – William Samuel Johnson

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[M]y love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me to you with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break… – Sullivan Ballou, letter to wife Sarah, 14 July 1861

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