David Autor Quotes
The Internet promises to open new channels for worker-firm communications. What are the consequences of this opening?
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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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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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The advantage of using airships in remote areas with little road infrastructure to support development is clear. Airships could ensure the delivery of humanitarian supplies to remote communities.
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I have a really small puppy, Georgie, and one of my favorite things is to take her to the park and play with her. I take two classes at middle school, math and chorus, and I love walking home with her after school.
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In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered bad in proportion as it approaches the effect of painting.
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The Internet promises to open new channels for worker-firm communications. What are the consequences of this opening?
