Leslie Jamison Quotes

My dad is an economist who does global development research. What he practices is a kind of quantifiable empathy: trying to empathize with systems rather than people.

Leslie Jamison

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My time in New England was great. I thank them for everything.

Jimmy Garoppolo

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Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. I find that very depressing.

Jeremy Paxman

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The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.

Robert M. Pirsig

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I'm really excited that the Rams are the best fit for me.

Jeff Fisher

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That pesky acting career has always gotten in the way of me doing something with music.

Michael Chiklis

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I'm about unity.

Alveda King

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We come across thirty or so hurried graves with makeshift wooden markers. 'Private Edwards, E.', a number, and that was all. Fourteen days ago he was alive, thinking feeling, hoping... If war was a game of cards, I'd say someone was cheating.

Spike Milligan

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I really understand what that process is all about and how important it is, especially with young folk and creative folk that love looking for some platform that makes it easier for them to express themselves.

Mick Fleetwood

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A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should. Every parent has that with children. God is merciful.

Louis Finkelstein

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The good thing about 'Nuyorican Soul' is we get a little bit of everybody liking it.

Little Louie Vega

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My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs.

Chris Kattan

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What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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