Alvin E. Roth Quotes

I moved to Harvard in 1998, and in 2000 the first kidney exchange in the United States was done at a hospital nearby. I started to think, 'Gee, there might be a way where I could help organize it, make it easier for people to find kidneys.'

Alvin E. Roth

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PeopleThinkHelpFindDoneWay

You can only follow what's on your mind. In fact, a song is something you write because you can't sleep unless you write it.

Joe Strummer

SleepMindSongYouWriteFollow

Desperate? That can be a justification for all kinds of behavior.

Jessica Walter

BehaviorKindsDesperate

You're trying to grow up, and you don't want to be like your parents, and that gets mixed up with being Korean... They brought their values from Korea, and I accepted them because I didn't know anything more. But as I grow older, I feel more Korean every year; it's very strange.

John Cho

ParentsGrowFeelYearYouValues

We are truly one nation, under God, indivisible and that we must remain so in the face of any threat to ensure our country remains strong, united and free.

Michael Enzi

GodFreeFaceStrongCountryNation

I had a little portable typewriter. I call it my Harlem Literary Fellowship.

Amiri Baraka

TypewriterLittleFellowshipCall

San Suu's story will always involve politics, but the essence is the love story.

Michelle Yeoh

LovePoliticsStoryWillAlwaysSan

He's thinking more with his heart than with his brain.

David Smith

HeartBrainThinkingMoreThanHe

The opportunity to re-imagine a favorite cult-classic from my high school years is an honor. Toxie is an underground icon. My favorite kind.

Conrad Vernon

OpportunitySchoolHigh SchoolHonor

My family is my priority.

Coco Martin

FamilyPriority

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.

Arlen Specter

ConstitutionMatterSoundAmendment

When self-delusion and self-flattery enter the mind-set of a product team and the metrics they judge themselves by, like the first plague rat coming onto a ship, the end is practically preordained.

Antonio Garcia Martinez

TeamShipEndJudgeFirstRat

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

Winston Churchill

GreatEnemyPossibleAirPoint

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