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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If there is a thread that unites all of our work, whether it's in Iowa or whether it's in Maryland or whether it's among our young men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan, I believe that it's the thread of human dignity.
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I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
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What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished.
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I know not what fear is, nor I know not what it is that I fear now; I fear not the hastening of my death, and yet I do fear the increase of the disease... my weakness is from nature, who hath but her measure, my strength is from God, who possesses and distributes infinitely.
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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?
