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.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Winter
  • Focused
  • Classic

• In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Life
  • History
  • Politics

• I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Good
  • Small
  • Try

• Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Play
  • Scary
  • Emotions

• I'm here today because I hated everything else.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Today
  • Everything
  • Here

• As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

  

  T. V. Carpio
  • Up
  • Trying
  • New

• I need to meet people to be able to write.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • People
  • Need
  • Meet

• There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Time
  • Talent
  • Knowing

• I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!

  

  Danai Gurira
  • Quality
  • Care
  • Loved

• 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.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Good
  • Movie
  • Books

• I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine... and curry... and cheeses.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Sweet
  • Wine
  • Butter

• 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.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • Home
  • Learn
  • Same

• Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.

  

  Park Chan-wook
  • Identity
  • Changing
  • Vampire

• I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.

  

  Gale Harold
  • Thought
  • Acting
  • Studying

• I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.

  

  Malcolm Gets
  • Character
  • Myself
  • Thought

• 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.

  

  Carlos Alazraqui
  • Character
  • Season
  • Nervous

• I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.

  

  Iman
  • Sleep
  • Need
  • Lucky

• I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Labor
  • Intuitive
  • Courting

• When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people. And when we uphold the rule of law it provides a powerful alternative to the twisted worldview offered by al-Qa'ida.

  

  John O. Brennan
  • People
  • American
  • Law

• Fat is mainstream, which is why everyone has become complacent. What used to be considered pudgy before isn't even worthy of a comment today.

  

  Marion Nestle
  • Why
  • Today
  • Mainstream

• You move me, you move me.with your buildings and your eyesAutumn woods and Winter skies.You move me, you move me.Open sea and city lights, busy streets and dizzy heights.You call me, you call me. - The Analog Kid (1982)

  

  Neil Peart Rush
  • City
  • Sea
  • Winter

• A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings.

  

  Anton Chekhov
  • Small
  • Wall
  • Fly

• I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no matter where I am.

  

  Daniel Tosh
  • Life
  • Up
  • Work

• 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?

  

  David Autor
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