John Harsanyi Quotes
It is our common experience as human beings that the results of social forces seem to admit only of 'probabilistic' predictions.
Quotes to Explore
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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My dad is afraid of my laugh.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.
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I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classes while I was in school and met a casting director who informed me quite a bit before my move out to L.A.; it made L.A. feel possible, coming from Oklahoma and not having a family that was in the industry.
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I'm younger than Rod Stewart and Bruce Springsteen, but I'm still getting up there in age.
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Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
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My general idea of the world is that I'm not different at all because I'm a girl. So I get blindsided sometimes because I forget that that's a thing.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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I have this weird tropism for islands. Take me to an island as far from New York as I can possibly go.
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Politics, I now understand, is at its best when it enlightens us via an opponent's insight.
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Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications for priesthood ordination.
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It is our common experience as human beings that the results of social forces seem to admit only of 'probabilistic' predictions.
