Alvin E. Roth Quotes

My opportunity to design school choice systems began in 2003 with a phone call from Jeremy Lack at the New York City Department of Education. He knew of my work on the medical match and wondered if similar efforts might help reorganize the dysfunctional, congested system then used to match students to high schools.

Alvin E. Roth

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I love 'Cabaret' and 'George M!' They're both incredible as far as I'm concerned.

Joel Grey

LoveFarIncredibleConcernedBoth

I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person.

Jean Dujardin

WorkFatherYourselfBrotherYou

Nature governs man by no principle more fixed than that which leads him to pursue his interest.

John Tyler

NatureManMoreHimPursueInterest

Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together.

Mary Ann Mobley

WorkTogetherThinkBetterHelpOwn

I read a lot of history, and I know that once upon a time, a coin was worth $5 if it had $5 worth of gold in it. Now we have paper that is just backed by fiat... Maybe in the new world, something gets backed by consensus.

Lloyd Blankfein

HistoryTimeGoldWorldWorthKnow

One advantage of photography is that it's visual and can transcend language.

Lisa Kristine

LanguagePhotographyVisualAdvantage

I started writing after the death of my grandfather - memories, poems, etc. It was very personal; for years I did not share my writing with anyone.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

MemoriesDeathWritingGrandfather

We don't really know where human sexual orientations come from yet. What we do know is that the evidence we have that sexual orientation includes an innate component doesn't seem to point to the existence of simple 'gay genes' and 'straight genes.'

Alice Dreger

SimpleGayKnowHumanExistence

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?

Richard Bach

LifeI AmMy LifeWorthPersonNow

I thought I knew what love was before giving birth to my baby, but whatever I had experienced in the past paled in comparison to the utterly unconditional love I immediately felt for the little bundle I now held in my arms.

Linda Thompson

LovePastBabyThoughtGivingNow

I'm not saying I'm the bee's knees. But I am a legitimate musician.

Kristian Nairn

I AmBeeSayingKneesMusicianAm

Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded.

Hervey Allen

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