Ian Ayres Quotes
Joel Waldfogel is one of the smartest and funniest economists on the planet. I think of him every time I start to unwrap a present. Buy Scroogenomics for your friends and family. It makes the perfect Christmas gift.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
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I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.
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By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future.
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I didn't go looking to marry an American, it just kinda happened like that.
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We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves.
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Domestic goddesses have infiltrated everybody's lives and raised the bar way too high.
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
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I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
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I've always wanted to shave my head for a role because I've wanted to play a character who had a shaved head. I don't know what the fascination is.
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One of my biggest inspirations growing up was Whitney Houston, so I was devastated to hear about her passing. I'm from East Orange, New Jersey, and started singing at New Hope Baptist Church, so she was like my fellow Jersey girl.
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Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.
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If we want to end a culture rampant with harassment, we must listen to the adult women who are speaking out courageously. We must also make room for girls to speak: If we listened, we'd find that many middle schoolers are trying to tell us, 'Me too.'
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Joel Waldfogel is one of the smartest and funniest economists on the planet. I think of him every time I start to unwrap a present. Buy Scroogenomics for your friends and family. It makes the perfect Christmas gift.
