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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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
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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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It is better to be un-informed than ill-informed.
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Just watching a girl can give me the best reason to smile. Girls are something very special and you got to treat them that way. That's why I always say don't stare right at a chick. She'll begin to fidget, wondering if her hair's messed up or if her make-up is smeared. It's kind of like going to an art gallery to see beautiful paintings. If you look at a painting just the right way, you get the most out of it!
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It's always the balance between the individual's subjective experience and the social structural condition. As individuals we have access to more than we've ever had before. Giving up our data seems a small price to pay, especially if, as you say, we don't feel we have anything to hide.
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Too many policies, programs and institutions are judged by what they are supposed to do, rather than by what they actually do and the consequences of their actions.
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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.
