Robert J Shiller This is the paradox of thrift: belt-tightening causes people to lose their jobs, because other people are not buying what they produce, so their debt burden rises rather than falls. – Robert J Shiller Belttightening Quotes Burden Quotes Buying Quotes Debt Quotes Falls Quotes Jobs Quotes Lose Quotes Paradox Quotes People Quotes Produce Quotes Rises Quotes Thrift Quotes Fear causes individuals to restrain their spending and firms to withhold investments; as a result, the economy weakens, confirming their fear and leading them to restrain spending further. The downturn deepens, and a vicious circle of despair takes hold. Critics of ‘economic sciences’ sometimes refer to the development of a ‘pseudoscience’ of economics, arguing that it uses the trappings of science, like dense mathematics, but only for show.
Bobbie Ann Mason In America, we all come from somewhere else, and we carry along some dream myth of home: a notion that something – our point of origin, our roots, the home country – is out there. – Bobbie Ann Mason
Robert De Niro You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that’s good. – Robert De Niro
Takashi Miike Some people have iconic directors in their mind, or they want to make particular styles of films they have seen before. I think this is a waste of time and energy. – Takashi Miike
Jean-Claude Van Damme I came to America with a dream and I made it. The dream became reality. America is built for success. – Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jessica Sanchez I love artists that just do what they do with so much passion and emotion. – Jessica Sanchez
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