Jed S. Rakoff Quotes
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Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
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Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.
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Federal regulations should promote safety without unnecessarily burdening small firms and costing much-needed jobs.
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I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.
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I was going to try to get into the creative writing program at Berkeley; it's just that the acting thing worked out.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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The hippocampus helps record both types of memories initially, and it helps retain them for the medium term. The hippocampus also helps us access old personal memories in long-term storage in other parts of the brain.
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Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
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The moment of the print button for biology is nearing. Effectively, this could also mean that in a not-too-distant future, smart pharmacology will permit us to receive a continuous supply of antidepressants or neuroenhancers every time our dopamine level drops.
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I love South Florida; this is where I am from, so I don't think there is anything more rewarding than knowing that where you grew up is standing behind you and supporting you.
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To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there - and bigger.
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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episodes.' He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he's such a huge gay person.
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I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.
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But I know what's important to me, and what isn't. And I think I know what people can get used to, and what they can even learn to like. (It just takes some people longer than others. :-)
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Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.
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Habit is Heaven's own redress:it takes the place of happiness.
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The proper study of mankind is books.
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Our goal should be to cool the planet in ways that reinforce and restore the resilience of its natural systems.
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The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only one example.
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People see musicians on a huge stage playing a festival for 80,000 people and are like, "Oh, they have such magnetism," but it always embarrasses me more than it makes me feel proud.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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Judges have to be neutral, but they don't have to be eunuchs.
