George Stigler Quotes
Lacking education, lacking a tenacity of purpose, lacking a willingness to work hard, he will not be an object of employers' competition. What leader of Negro thought is fostering the ancient virtues of diligence and honesty and loyalty? It is so much easier to seek quotas for Negroes?
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I have the idea that anyone who has ever heard my name has the distinct impression that I was put under the sod years ago just before they buried Lillian Russell.
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The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.
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As women, we are constantly criticising and judging ourselves in terms of our body, how we dress, what profession we take up, how we fare in that. Indian women are gifted with certain body types and features, which is healthy, and we should accept that.
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I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend.
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Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.
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Making movies is really hard. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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I did not capture power. I was made to assume power.
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The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
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A lot of my family on both sides have worked in education and nursing, and my grandmother was a nurse; my sister is a nurse, and her - my other sister's daughter is going into nursing. There's a lot of that in the family.
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When I had worked on my first book, I had readily shown bits and pieces to everyone - for encouragement, to force myself to write.
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Most politicians are vain. Many of them are stupid.
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Lacking education, lacking a tenacity of purpose, lacking a willingness to work hard, he will not be an object of employers' competition. What leader of Negro thought is fostering the ancient virtues of diligence and honesty and loyalty? It is so much easier to seek quotas for Negroes?
