Alvin E. Roth Quotes
I don't think I could have thought of any place other than Stanford to leave Harvard for.
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To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
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Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
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I guess my feeling is is that if you're going to make a joke, that's fine, but you should also sort of stand behind it, you know? A joke should be more than a joke, it should be a point that you're trying to make.
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Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.
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People wanted Bitcoin to live so much, they basically willed it back into existence. That showed me how passionate this community was about it.
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I'm addicted to Altoids. I call them 'acting pills.'
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In the '50s and '60s, the life of a gay man was a secret. Homosexuality was illegal, so you didn't draw attention to yourself.
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The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
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As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.
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As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.
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When you achieve a certain amount of success, you want to be doing something else.
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When my son was growing up, I was always guilty, no matter what I did. Make decisions and be happy with the decisions you've made. I tell myself, in the long run, it's the love, the quality of relationships that you have with your family, your friends and giving back to the community that matters.
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Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can be made into.
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If there's nothing in here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?
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Il y a maintenant en France dans chaque village un flambeau allumé, le maître d'école, et une bouche qui souffle dessus, le curé.
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The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
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He was not immoral, but merely unmoral.
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In all this I can see but the doom of slavery. The North do not want, nor will they want, to interfere with the institution. But they will refuse for all time to give it protection unless the South shall return soon to their allegiance.
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I'm not one who likes to be honored, to be honest with you. That's never been who I am.
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To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.
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I wouldn't have taken up modeling as a profession. It was more of a hobby.
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When I was studying in secondary school, a teacher recommended me during a singing contest. I took the championship because of my voce that I take proud of. Then I thought maybe my voice is not bad,then I wanted to be a singer.
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I don't think I could have thought of any place other than Stanford to leave Harvard for.
