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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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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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 learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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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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We are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to do is punish instead of rehabilitate.
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As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted 14 years ago...
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Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.
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I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.
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The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive.
