#act

I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them. ↗

— Nia Vardalos

#big #confidence #executives #fat #greek

Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their behaviour may deviate from that simplifying assumption. ↗

— Evan Davis

#assume #assumption #behaviour #behavioural #deviate

Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame or embarrassment about that attraction on the other. It is well known that the mind struggles to sustain conflicting views. ↗

— Evan Davis

#attraction #awkward #clash #conflicting #embarrassment

The fact that radio is so hopeless at delivering data makes it an uncluttered medium, offering the basic story without the detailed trappings. But it does mean that if data is important, radio is probably not your place. ↗

— Evan Davis

#data #delivering #detailed #does #fact

There is a strong link between the following three things: exporting, manufacturing and the degree of saving by the population. It's complicated, but if the population doesn't save, the economy will not tend to export as much, and if it doesn't export as much, it won't manufacture enough. ↗

— Evan Davis

#complicated #degree #economy #enough #export

When a population saves a lot, the funds are invested outside the country as well as inside. If the Japanese invest in the United States, it pushes their exchange rate down and makes their manufacturing more competitive. ↗

— Evan Davis

#country #down #exchange #exchange rate #funds

It's a fantasy that we could have a president who could actually make choices based on what's right, rather than having to weigh the political fallout. But that's sort of what we're showing. And you can dream. ↗

— Geena Davis

#based #choices #could #dream #fallout

So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made. ↗

— Geena Davis

#countries #fact #female #government #had

Heritage Action is a self-interested fundraising organization led by a former Giuliani staffer who is not taking counsel from real conservatives... It is a worthless organization to the conservative movement. I'll be the first to say that. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#be the first #conservative #conservative movement #conservatives #counsel

Yes, the first job I had at the studio was Snow White. I don't like the term particularly, but I got stuck with the human characters. They just didn't have that many people who could draw humans. ↗

— Marc Davis

#could #draw #first #got #had