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James Heckman Quotes

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 19, 1944

Topics

Children Short Help Long Early Run

Growing up, I learnt to think, 'Let's make it a big night tonight, as you never know what's going to happen next.' So now I have enough, I take too much; when I get the chance to have a fine dinner, I will. And it's had an effect on my health.

Health Growing Up Dinner Night Think

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

I Am Democracy Iraq Am Favour

If I can drive down the road in my car and listen to XM satellite, and when a song gets beamed into my car, it can tell me who wrote the song and what the damn lyrics are, why, when you broadcast a digital signal of a film, can't it speak to your television to set up a list of settings to show the film in the way that it was meant to be shown?

Car Me Song Drive Road Speak

I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.

Music Art River Drink High Low

It was easy for me in my bathrobe to provide really great customer service. As an introvert, it's really much easier to do than when standing in a retail store.

Great Service Me Customer Easy

I am always grateful for what I've got.

Grateful I Am Always Got Am

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.

Work Responsibility Me Body Take

'Saturday Night Live' has always been, you know, non-partisan - whoever's in power should probably be challenged.

Live Power Night Saturday You Know

I find it hard to believe that Senators or the American public will classify Sotomayor as unqualified, particularly given the thin credentials of many of our eighteenth and nineteenth century Supreme Court Justices.

Believe American Find Will Hard Our

I hope when I'm on my deathbed, people forgive me, because there is a lot to forgive.

Christopher Buckley

Hope People Me Forgive Because Lot

There is no sin but ignorance.

Christopher Marlowe

You want to ensure people can do it right 99 percent of time. When we have to fire one of our surgical trainees, it is never because they don't have the physical skills but because they don't have the moral skills - to practise and admit failure.

Failure Time Fire People You Moral

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