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Armchair economists
First published in Column 8 on the 27th May,1992
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n the bus home the other evening, a neighbour and I (healso bearded and bespectacled) solved the whole matter of the cost of publictransport. Such things are easily achieved by armchair economists.Believe it or not, we didn’t even consider the silly idea ofadding a couple of cents onto the petrol prices in order to make people use thebuses. What
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“She looked Toby straight in the eye and said very distinctly, ‘My mother always told me there are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
“One of the women leaped up from her chair. She seemed to grow taller as she stood. Her long diamond earrings not only caught the sun and blinded you, but jangled and knocked against her cheekbones with a sharp tapping sound. ‘Curse those who cursed it!’ she cried, flinging her arms wildly about her, in a way that didn’t at all suit her formal attire.”
― The Mumbersons and The Blood Secret
― The Mumbersons and The Blood Secret
“More important than our health?’ she replied. ‘Hasthma, Mr Map! That’s what being stuck in that cupboard’ll lead to: Hasthma with a capital H!”
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
“I have always been a lover of the sun, even if, through spending a lifetime in Ireland, I have had little personal connection with it.”
― A History of Loneliness
― A History of Loneliness
“Controlling people do not like to be controlled. Controlling people do not like to have their agendas obstructed.”
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“She looked Toby straight in the eye and said very distinctly, ‘My mother always told me there are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
“We are not all born at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later... Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
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Hello, Mike! Thank you for contacting me. Happy Monday, I hope you're having a great week. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
