David Autor Quotes
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So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.
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Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.
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I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.
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I was a model for eight years. That's the deal: People look. But I didn't like being looked at and never seen.
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I didn't want to get pregnant while commanding an assault helicopter company and, before I knew it, I was deployed and missed out on many of my childbearing years.
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Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.
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Given that I can't sing like Freddie Mercury, obviously I'm not going to pursue it as a career. What would be the point?
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I'm proud of everything I do, but I think I'm the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.
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I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.
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People sometimes think I'm sort of all-knowing.
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In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.
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The Italians have had two thousand years to fix up the Forum and just look at the place.
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As a beast of toil an ox is fixed capital. If he is eaten, he no longer functions as an instrument of labour, nor as fixed capital either.
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'You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.'
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The development of a tree depends on where it is planted.
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All is connected ... no one thing can change by itself.
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Every award I've ever received has been very gratifying. The Living Legend Award was extremely gratifying; it was voted on by the fans. It's just great to be remembered after all these years, to still be a viable part of the music business. So, I'm very deeply honored by all the awards.
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The Internet promises to open new channels for worker-firm communications. What are the consequences of this opening?
