Steven Levitt (Steven David "Steve" Levitt) Quotes
Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent - all depending on who wields it and how.Steven Levitt
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I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.
Octavia E. Butler -
We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
Walter Savage Landor -
When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.
Natalie Dormer -
If Monsieur X spent an eternity studying treatises on optics, he would never paint 'La Grande Jatte.'
Felix Feneon -
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
Oscar Wilde
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
Youssou N'Dour -
Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom.
Rachel Corrie -
A lot of people look at playing overseas as a step down from the NBA. And, yes it is a step down from the NBA money-wise, but there is just as good of talent overseas as in the NBA. Not better talent.
Udonis Haslem -
The only thing I regret in life is that I didn't practice basketball more.
Watkin Tudor Jones -
I feel very comfortable with my trajectory because I do have a life; I can go on the subway, you know? And I've been able to do that my entire career, and I have friends who are huge movie stars and can't go on the subway, and I feel like that sucks.
Lake Bell -
Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group situation and how to deal with others in the most effective way. They ask good questions, listen to what others are saying, and stay engaged in conversations intently.
Patrick Lencioni
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There's a Washington standard of casually putting things off the record. It's really gone too far. I don't know an easy way to turn it back.
Adam Clymer -
Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.
Fernando Flores -
We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics.
Zach Galifianakis -
When I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.
Carlos Slim -
'24' had to withstand accusations of being right-wing, but 'Homeland' is a far more liberal show.
Damian Lewis -
I feel better all day if I start off by eating healthy. Breakfast is simple: multigrain toast with natural peanut butter, oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, or healthy cereal.
Natalie Morales
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The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?
Nancy Pearl -
So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
Vince Cable -
As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to each other.
Alejandro Zambra -
Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent - all depending on who wields it and how.
Steven Levitt