You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-allocated, long-term investment.


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Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the sho...
JAMES HECKMAN
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
WILLIAM JAMES
No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of respondin...
JAMES ALLEN
A man is literally what he thinks.
JAMES ALLEN
The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a ...
JAMES ALLEN
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and y...
JAMES ALLEN
I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
LEBRON JAMES
There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I p...
LEBRON JAMES
I'm confident with my ability.
LEBRON JAMES
Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and l...
LEBRON JAMES
But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the ...
LEBRON JAMES
There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly w...
LEBRON JAMES
Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you h...
LEBRON JAMES
Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
LEBRON JAMES
When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
LEBRON JAMES
I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
LEBRON JAMES
I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
LEBRON JAMES
Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it...
JAMES DENTON
There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone.
LILY JAMES
Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place ...
JAMES TAYLOR
I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
LEBRON JAMES
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
JAMES THOMSON
It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up...
JAMES ALTUCHER
The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interes...
JAMES MCBRIDE
The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.
JAMES MCBRIDE
In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk...
JAMES TURRELL
In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John M...
JAMES WOLCOTT
I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that th...
THEO JAMES