William Stanley Jevons Quotes
The child which overbalances itself in learning to walk is experimenting on the law of gravity.William Stanley Jevons
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Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum wages can be beneficial, as it makes workers more productive.
Ha-Joon Chang -
Humans don't 'need' math-based cryptocurrencies when dealing with other humans. We walk slowly, talk slowly, and buy big things. Credit cards, cash, wires, checks - the world seems fine.
Naval Ravikant -
It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
Abbey Lee Kershaw -
My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
J. Michael Straczynski -
I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
D. B. Sweeney -
Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
Im Dong-Hyun
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Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked.
Kate Christensen -
The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
Bayard Taylor -
I'm a child of the Sixties.
Ian McShane -
Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.
Randa Abdel-Fattah -
I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record.
Kate Voegele -
I love coming to London and seeing what people on the street are wearing.
Harley Viera-Newton
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In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.
Adam Grant -
There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.
Jackie DeShannon -
I'm truly passionate about basketball. I'm not as passionate about baseball as I am about basketball, but I watch baseball and I watch football. I love sports in general.
Patrick Soon-Shiong -
I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.
Gary Ackerman -
Form follows beauty.
Oscar Niemeyer -
In a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don't have control over that as a cricketer.
Rahul Dravid
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Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
Barbara Stanwyck -
My senior project was about solid-waste management. They nicknamed me 'Trash Queen'.
Marne Levine -
In 1930s mysteries, all sorts of motives were credible which aren't credible today, especially motives of preventing guilty sexual secrets from coming out. Nowadays, people sell their guilty sexual secrets.
P. D. James -
I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.
Marla Gibbs -
The child which overbalances itself in learning to walk is experimenting on the law of gravity.
William Stanley Jevons