Richard Thaler Quotes

Most of us think that we are 'better than average' in most things. We are also 'miscalibrated,' meaning that our sense of the probability of events doesn't line up with reality. When we say we are sure about a certain fact, for example, we may well be right only half the time.

Richard Thaler

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I was taught that a lawyer was supposed to be a custodian of the community's legal and ethical sense.

Joe Jamail

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I remember before I did 'Boston Public,' I couldn't get seen for drama. Once I'd done 'Boston Public,' I couldn't get seen for a comedy.

Jessalyn Gilsig

ComedyRememberDramaDoneBoston

I grew up in what my mom will always dispute as 'the hood.' She just doesn't like the name. But it had its similarities to any neighborhood like that. The all-black neighbors and the all-black problems and the all-black happiness. And I really loved it.

Jerrod Carmichael

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It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.

Jeanne Moreau

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I really do need the help of other people working with me.

John Sandford

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If you come from the Internet, as I do - I think of it as sort of my native country - there's a lot of great things happening on the Internet, but one of the things, one of the feelings you just can't escape is the sense that it's really hard to keep people's attention.

Robin Sloan

GreatPeopleThinkInternetYou

With 'Scratch,' you create computer programs by snapping together graphical programming blocks, much like LEGO bricks, without any of the obscure syntax and punctuation of traditional programming languages. After creating an interactive 'Scratch' project, you can share it on the 'Scratch' website, just as you would share videos on YouTube.

Mitchel Resnick

TogetherYouWebsiteCreateCreating

Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce.

Joseph Hume

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There's plenty of stuff that I don't feel dissident about: I really like tea, I don't have any problem with that. I like lots of paintings.

China Mieville

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If you talk to people about the history of the games business during economic downturns, they'll tell you that it's a recession-proof industry.

Bobby Kotick

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'ER' was so huge that whatever I did coming back to television, I'd have to feel as strongly about.

Anthony Edwards

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We are competing against ourselves.

Ashton Eaton

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