In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.
I've heard that, but since I'm computer illiterate I don't know how it all works. But since I'm on Prodigy tonight, I'm learning a lot through my typist, Peter.
I'd love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the '70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi.
It's kind of a Peter Pan thing: I want to stay a kid. I love it. But I guess you have to grow up someday. Everybody does.
Bureaucrats sometimes do not have the correct information, while citizens and users of resources do.
One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing.
In the long run all producers are forced to use the most efficient methods or give place to others who do.
Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare.
If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.
Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.
The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'
A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries.
Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output.
If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.
I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.
G.D.P. is not a measure of how much value is produced for consumers. Everybody should recognize that G.D.P. is not a welfare metric.
In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that needs you to fill a quota!
We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.
I get burnt in the sun, so there's no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the summer.
Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.
In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case.
