Michael Sandel Quotes
Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we need a public debate about the moral limits of markets.
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Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'
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I love gardening, and I love cooking. I love things like that. I love creating things.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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I did go through this period where girls would be mean and I had a lot of guy friends. But I've found as an adult the importance of having female and male friends.
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I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.
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You know, Hollywood is a very interesting town - always has been, always will be.
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We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.
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Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.
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I grew up on Long Island, and from as early as I can remember, as far back as first grade, I had two real passions - one of them was putting on plays, and the other was journalism. I was directing plays and editing school papers from first grade on, all the way through college.
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They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won't be able to be outraged anymore.
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Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.
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It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.
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In the tradition of great female artists, Karla Bonoff, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Shawn Colvin, Sarah McLachlan....now enter Maia Sharp.
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Beauty comes from within, not from what you wear.
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Joy comes from seeing the complete fulfillment of the specific purpose for which I was created and born again, not from successfully doing something of my own choosing.
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Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.
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The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.
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Doubt is one of the main paths on the highway to failure.
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Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.
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I've always loved Elsa Dorfman work. I've loved her and her work is so much an expression of her. One of the reasons to make the film is to expose Elsa, hopefully, to a wider audience.
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All long-term social change comes from the successful efforts of one or another struggling organizations to capture the minds of a hard core of future leaders.
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Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we need a public debate about the moral limits of markets.
