Edward Glaeser Quotes
Historically, most people were far too poor to let their tastes in entertainment guide where they chose to live, and cities were hardly pleasure zones. Yet as people have become richer, they have increasingly chosen cities based on lifestyle—and the consumer city was born.
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I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
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My day-to-day look is inspired by comfort, color and just how I'm feeling that day.
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The Committee supports the idea that there should be, within the University of California, a campus which puts particular emphasis on the education of undergraduates within the framework of a College system.
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The Swiss can be very difficult.
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I had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of the strictures of Ramadan.
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All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.
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Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
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The personal computer can be a virtual device.
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I can scarcely stand to have a manicure. I have to have them because you don't want to look like a disgusting human being - it's self-care and it has to happen, but I get very restless.
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Pretty much everyday, there's a moment where I'm having to pinch myself and think, 'When did this happen to my life?'
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Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.
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Despite the generous rewards that state juries dole out, in many cases, victims receive less than 50 cents on the dollar in settlements with the lawyers taking the rest. This is not justice.
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People are literally tracking everything. People are becoming more empowered and knowing what's going into their body.
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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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There are no unrealistic goals, only unrealistic deadlines.
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Politically, Donald Trump doesn't seem to care much about what he says. He gauges the effect. Sometimes, in the middle of a speech, he will change his direction if the audience doesn't like him.
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I've often met people who are terrified, you know, in a straight jacket of their own making because they'd rather do anything that fail. They don't want to try for fear of failing.
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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages there are no minorities; people are not numerous enough. You must see the world there, perforce. Every man is himself a class.
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I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.
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How do I define a work of art? It is not an asset in the stock-exchange sense, but a man's timid attempt to repeat the miracle that the simplest peasant girl is capable of at any time, that of magically producing life out of nothing.
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I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
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Historically, most people were far too poor to let their tastes in entertainment guide where they chose to live, and cities were hardly pleasure zones. Yet as people have become richer, they have increasingly chosen cities based on lifestyle—and the consumer city was born.
