Emily Oster Quotes
Feminists of my mother's generation argued that both mom and dad should work a little less and each do some of the household chores. My parents, for example, split everything 50/50. Even though my father is a terrible cook, he still made dinner exactly half the time.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I don't get star-struck at all.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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If you are trying to get people to work on a problem together, it's best if they don't know where you, as the supervisor/manager, stand on the question.
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about.
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The point of college is more to acquire skills than to acquire domain knowledge. One of the skills that is going to be most necessary: you have to be able to read with rigor and write with clarity. You have to be able to communicate. To make an argument, whether it's in a written piece or in front of a group of people.
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The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
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A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated.
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I don't personally have a sense that life starts at conception. I don't personally have that sense.
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When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.
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There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me but now I know your heart is shackled to a memory The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart.
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If I don't practise for one day, I know it; if I don't practise for two days, the critics knows it; if I don't practise for three days, the audience knows it.
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The ACA is an ugly patch on an ugly system - and I don't think it's worth mentioning in the context of price or quality transparency.
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A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game.
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Feminists of my mother's generation argued that both mom and dad should work a little less and each do some of the household chores. My parents, for example, split everything 50/50. Even though my father is a terrible cook, he still made dinner exactly half the time.
