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Vernon L. Smith

"I gradually became persuaded that the subjects, without intending to, had revealed to me a basic truth about markets that was foreign to the literature of economics."

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Donna Grant

"Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself."

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Donna Grant

"There are certain truths that occurs to us, which we cannot convey in words, but requires a personal experience to grasp more vividly."

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Donna Grant

"My truth could be very different than your truth."

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Donna Grant

"All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?"

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Donna Grant

"The truth can do years of work in seconds."

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Donna Grant

"The Scripture is never subjected to one's own interpretations."

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Donna Grant

"People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit."

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Donna Grant

"Science is a careful investigation."

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Donna Grant

"Macy: "In Truth, I said, "there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.Wes: "How do you win? he askedMacy: "That, I said, "is such a boy question."

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Donna Grant

"Hard talk punch thought. Hard talk penetrate the heart. A hard talk opens jaws. Hard talk make us ponder to wonder. It is always hard to hear the hard talk that speaks the truth and reality but, such a hard talk is always a hard talk!"

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Vernon L. Smith
"After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte."

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Vernon L. Smith
"I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13."

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Vernon L. Smith
"I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove."

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Vernon L. Smith
"Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care in the world, and so much to learn and witness."

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Vernon L. Smith
"After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics."

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Vernon L. Smith
"In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school."

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Vernon L. Smith
"In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions and sundries on my bicycle to customers who called in orders."

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Vernon L. Smith
"I gradually became persuaded that the subjects, without intending to, had revealed to me a basic truth about markets that was foreign to the literature of economics."

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