James Surowiecki Quotes

The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive.

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• We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.

  

  Warren Weaver
  • Science
  • Ignorance
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• We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Good
  • Nice
  • Dark

• Like great teams in sports and business endeavors, if there's a chemistry among the participants, and they truly enjoy fellowship together, everybody wants to be there, stay involved, and just have fun together.

  

  Ed Greenwood
  • Great
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• Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.

  

  Victoria Billings
  • Fine
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  • Togetherness

• I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.

  

  Randy Houser
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• Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Myself
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• I like being unconventional.

  

  Florence Griffith Joyner
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• Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.

  

  Idris Elba
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• If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

  

  Eartha Kitt
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  • You
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• It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • People
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  • Easy

• I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Art
  • American
  • Beautiful

• Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.

  

  Laura Mennell
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• Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Life
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• Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Money
  • Power
  • Rise

• You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.

  

  Abraham Maslow
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• Faith Hill is a big role model.

  

  Taylor Swift
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• There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.

  

  Tamara Mellon
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• If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • Life
  • Women
  • Education

• 'Entourage' was a show that existed around wish-fulfillment. People watched it because they wanted to believe they could go on private jets and be hanging out in Hollywood, but as a show, comedically, it was not funny. Not a funny show. It's funny, ironically, because of how terrible it is.

  

  Adam Pally
  • People
  • Believe
  • Funny

• I have the little idea, my friend, that this is a crime very carefully planned and staged. It is a far-sighted, long-headed crime. It is not - how shall I express it? - a Latin crime. It is a crime that shows traces of a cool, resourceful, deliberate brain - I think an Anglo-Saxon brain.

  

  Agatha Christie
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• I signed on as the clown, and, by golly, I'll keep up my end of the bargain.

  

  Chris Farley
  • Up

• The mark of a mature programmer is willingness to throw out code you spent time on when you realize it's pointless.

  

  Bram Cohen
  • Time

• So okay, the world through my eyes, what is that world? Well, I see a lot of dirty stuff, and I see a lot of dumb stuff.

  

  Lisa Hanawalt
  • World
  • Eyes
  • Dirty

• The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive.

  

  James Surowiecki
  • World