Leonid Hurwicz Quotes
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.
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Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software.
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The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.
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The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.
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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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You cannot force a state to be demilitarized. Even if a state enters a treaty where it commits to be demilitarized, there's no way to reverse statehood if it violates it.
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I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead in all these years.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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I wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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On the whole, when the unexpected danger happens to you, you're thinking so fast, you're thinking so hard, every bit of you is alive to 'What should I do?' 'What can I do?' There isn't a lot of time for contemplation.
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Sure, I want to be the best actor in the world. But my life is my family, my son, my friends. I don't know how anyone can find fault with that.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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It's a great battle, and it really is a battle, and there are people from all walks of life, you know, never judge anybody at the table: A man can be the greatest poker player and he might know all the numbers, but he might get beaten by a really savvy kid who works in a grocery store; and that's what's so great about this game.
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To be honest, you don't get the full picture when you read a script.
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Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.
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A game is defined by the players' strategy domains and payoff functions.
