William Stanley Jevons Quotes
The child which overbalances itself in learning to walk is experimenting on the law of gravity.
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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.
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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.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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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.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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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.
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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.
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I'm a child of the Sixties.
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Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.
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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.
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I love coming to London and seeing what people on the street are wearing.
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In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.
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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.
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I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.
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Form follows beauty.
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Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
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I don't do my own Instagram.
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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.
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Irrationality interests me more than anything: sometimes it's very dangerous, but it can be incredibly beautiful.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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Throughout the world, terrorists are actively seeking their next recruit. Alarmingly, terrorist organizations are increasingly targeting school-age children as the next generation of terrorists.
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The child which overbalances itself in learning to walk is experimenting on the law of gravity.
