Sendhil Mullainathan Quotes

Organizations talk about spending their lives firefighting - dealing with the next problem without having the bandwidth to deal with what is down the pipeline. I think most of the poor have that problem.

Sendhil Mullainathan

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As lifelong fans of comic books, Dan Didio and myself, we definitely have our own takes on what make for successful comics and the kind of comics that we want to publish.

Jim Lee

MyselfWantKindOwnSuccessful

When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the family my mother worked for. It was hard being the only one, and I faced a fair amount of racist and classist bullying there.

Jesmyn Ward

FamilyMotherGirlBullyingSchool

I've been talking about the centrality of libraries in our information society for a while now.

Matthew Lesko

SocietyTalkingInformationNowBeen

My goal was becoming the next David Copperfield. I learned how to be a performer by emulating him as a kid - his formula of just talking to people onstage, being free to improvise, being charming and witty with a crowd, together with great, beautiful magic.

Michael Carbonaro

BeautifulGreatTogetherPeopleFree

Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.

Robert Anton Wilson

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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.

Joseph Campbell

AdventureYouSayQuestionYesBig

I was playing this character, Melchior Gabor, who was a rebel and who was a person who didn't let the world define him, and who stood up to authority and was this kind of revolutionary... And when I left 'Spring Awakening,' I came out of that experience feeling like... I had cultivated this side of my personality that hadn't existed before.

Jonathan Groff

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We - we need strength, we need energy, we need quickness and we need brain in this country to turn it around.

Donald Trump

StrengthBrainEnergyCountryNeed

Beauty and fashion are not really local anymore. You really have to be a global citizen to know what trends are. Now, it's pretty much the same designers and the same kind of trends, whether I am in New York, Milan, or Mumbai - it's the same.

Priyanka Chopra

BeautyI AmNew YorkFashionYou

It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dream.' I sit there and think, 'I'm scared - this can go away tomorrow.' My dad always says that I'm a tortured soul because I'm never pleased; I never feel like I deserve what I've achieved.

Shawn Mendes

SoulTomorrowAmazingMeThinkFeel

I'm a huge fan of women; I think we're great.

Nikki Haley

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It seems like everyone in my peer group has more 'Pokemon' knowledge than I do.

Noelle Stevenson

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