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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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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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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Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.
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And the English army, wheeling, started south at a gallop over the hill pass into Ettrick, followed by twenty men and eight hundred sheep in steel helmets.
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I'm not a sexy guy. I went to a hooker. I dropped my pants. She dropped her price.
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Children would only get in the way of our erotic lifestyle!
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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Hermès and my own brand share the same philosophy, the same vision of women, but the two aren't identical.
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In the U.S. when people like me started writing things about inequality, the economic journals had no classification for inequality. I couldn't find where to submit my inequality papers because there was no such topic. There was welfare, there was health issues, there was trade obviously. Finance had hundreds of sub groups.
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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.
