James Surowiecki Quotes

Publishers, naturally, loathe used books and have developed strategies to depress the secondhand market. They bring out new, even more expensive editions of popular textbooks every three to four years, in a classic cycle of planned obsolescence.

James Surowiecki

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On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians.

Jimmy Carter

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To add value to others, one must first value others.

John C. Maxwell

ValueOthersFirstMustAdd

It's very hard to get together with your friends. You rarely see friends as a whole group.

Jennifer Konner

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When young writers approach me for advice, I remind them, as gently as I can, that they are on their own, with no help available anywhere. Which is how it should be.

John Banville

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A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.

Anderson Cooper

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Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

John Ralston Saul

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Don't just tell your kids to be active and to get outside and play. Lead by example.

Summer Sanders

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If we get the W and I have no catches, I'm satisfied, man.

Rob Gronkowski

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British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.

Rory Bremner

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Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What's one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully.

Jon Katz

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The question, I've come to think, is not what inspires one to change, but what inspires one to remain changed.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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