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Over the last decade, economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians apparently being settled by events. But the Great Recession of the last two years has changed everything. ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#apparently #being #between #broad #changed

I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#familiarity #flashy #great #great deal #how

Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#almost #anybody #best #books #classics

For years, we've grown dependant on American consumers as the world's spenders of last resort. They've kept Europe out of recession, allowed China to industrialise, and prevented global deflation. But at the same time, they've not been looking after their own futures. ↗

— Evan Davis

#allowed #american #american consumers #been #china

Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in. ↗

— Evan Davis

#finish last #get #guys #last #nice

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

We were very rich culturally. One Sunday each month, we would do this thing called Chamber Pots at somebody's house. A classical music group would come over and we'd have dinner. There were thirty people - parents and kids - and we'd sit on the floor and listen to this beautiful music. ↗

— Kristin Davis

#beautiful music #called #chamber #classical #classical music

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#classes #could #experience #history #ideas

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#common #every #fall #ideals #inevitably

Ten flashing lights are a nuisance but 500 are fantastic. ↗

— Christoph Waltz

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