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In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade.
Evan Davis

Business, Matter, Three

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.
John Frusciante

Time, Experience, Taught

The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to that. It's not about theme, it's not about ideas, it's not about setting, but what the protagonist wants.
David Mamet

Down, Question, Ideas

To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's right there, seeing things happen and caring about them. And if you dedicate yourself to this job, the meanings more or less take care of themselves. That's the theory, anyway.
George Saunders

Yourself, Care, Job

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem.
James Lovelock

America, Problem, Global

I think the main thing, don't you, is to keep the show on the road.
Elizabeth Bowen

Keep, Show, Road

When you're trying to solve a problem on a new product type, you become completely focused on problems that seem a number of steps removed from the main product. That problem solving can appear a little abstract, and it is easy to lose sight of the product.
Jonathan Ive

Trying, Problem, Become

Once again, the puppets on Capitol Hill are about to slam the Muppets on Main Street. The country still hasn't recovered from the Wall Street-induced financial cataclysm of 2008, yet Congress is preparing to enact the Orwellian 'JOBS Act' - a bill that should in fact be called the 'Return Fraud to Wall Street in One Easy Step Act.'
Eliot Spitzer

Country, Again, Easy

Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.
Walter Winchell

Life, York, Broadway

When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters.
Jason Reitman

Hope, Small, Young

I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close.
Venus Williams

Art, Fashion, Close

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.
Ellie Goulding

Time, Good, Knowledge

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
Damien Hirst

Saying, Why, Influence

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.
Mike Krzyzewski

School, Basketball, Year

Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.
Bobby Flay

Making, Side, Psychology

One thing you don't want to do as a host is be running around all evening. Do as much as you can ahead of time, so all you have to do is grill the main ingredients.
Bobby Flay

Time, Evening, Around

I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.
Lee Child

Life, Food, Guy

The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.
Gene Tierney

Feelings, Face, Cause

Most of the places I've been, I've been a main piece of the puzzle.
Eric Davis

Places, Piece, Puzzle

Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.
James Stewart

Movies, Try, Acting

The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.
Rand Paul

It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple, swift-paced style, but the main reason for the style of my first novel is that I simply did not have the time to write sustained prose.
Haruki Murakami

Time, True, Simple

For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well.
Evan Davis

Face, Stand, Prepared

The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
Adam Carolla

Job, Learned, Horrible

Starbucks is my main fix and it's usually you people working in there - sometimes they're actually shaking. It just makes me feel horrendous because I've been in that situation.
Shirley Manson

Working, Sometimes, Makes

I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now do it with authorization.
Kevin Mitnick

Before, Difference, Paid

I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy.
Shimon Peres

Good, History, Sports

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.
Ezra Pound

Social, Ability, Literature

I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was abandoned by someone else.
Joan Didion

Someone, Problem, Else

Protein has been intensely over-represented on the plate. Now, the garden should be the main drag for main courses.
Mario Batali

Garden, Plate, Drag

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