Edward Glaeser Quotes
One classic paper compared the effects of right-to-work laws on factory jobs in neighboring counties, on either side of a right-to-work border. It found that manufacturing grew 23.1% faster between 1947 and 1992 on the anti-union side of the divide.
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I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.
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I'd better make hay while the sun shines.
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I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.
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No unborn baby has ever had the right to choose or deny its own destruction.
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I didn't mean to turn you on.
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How come "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
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Last year set a new kind of standard, ... I think it does influence, especially when you consider how few people turn out to vote.
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Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves.
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The destination cannot be described; / You will know very little until you get there; / You will journey blind.
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The best thing for being sad, is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails ... Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.
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At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to call to constantly into question the very tale we believe true, because the criterion of the wisdom of the community is based on constant awareness of the fallibility of our learning.
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What I am really worried about is that Donald Trump steps outside norms about, for example, what he does about his business. If he holds on to his business or just lets his kids run it, this opens up enormous possibilities for conflicts of interest.
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One of the challenges of a democratic government is making sure that even in the midst of emergencies and passions, we make sure that rule of law and the basic precepts of justice and liberty prevail.
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The boarded-up homes, the decaying storefronts, the aging church rolls, kids from unknown families who swaggered down the streets - loud congregations of teenage boys, teenage girls feeding potato chips to crying toddlers, the discarded wrappers tumbling down the block - all of it whispered painful truths.
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I'm... fairly optimistic today about the ability of the U.S. economy to absorb these body blows.
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Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only he who is helpless can truly pray. Your helplessness is your best. prayer.
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You have to try the impossible to achieve the possible.
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So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.
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'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip.
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One classic paper compared the effects of right-to-work laws on factory jobs in neighboring counties, on either side of a right-to-work border. It found that manufacturing grew 23.1% faster between 1947 and 1992 on the anti-union side of the divide.
