David Autor Quotes
Our machines increasingly do our work for us. Why doesn't this make our labor redundant and our skills obsolete? Why are there still so many jobs?
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the pages, I stop. I also do not hesitate to walk out of a movie house if the film is bad.
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I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine... and curry... and cheeses.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
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I didn't marry to have children. I married to have a relationship, and I was blessed with one child. I was an only child, too - my mother was smarter than most women today; she just had me.
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I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.
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You could double the number of synaptic connections in a very simple neurocircuit as a result of experience and learning. The reason for that was that long-term memory alters the expression of genes in nerve cells, which is the cause of the growth of new synaptic connections.
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We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases.
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I used to write on pads with a pen but had trouble reading the words the next day. Years later, Bob Dylan taught me to just write and write on a laptop computer. Then I'd print that out. When it was time to write a song, I'd go through the pages and sing melodies to words that moved me.
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Our machines increasingly do our work for us. Why doesn't this make our labor redundant and our skills obsolete? Why are there still so many jobs?
