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.
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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.
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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.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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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.
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I like being unconventional.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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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.
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Faith Hill is a big role model.
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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.
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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.
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The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods. More than any other thing that pertains to the body it partakes of the nature of the divine.
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To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation.
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive.
