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Emily Oster Quotes

As people do a task, they improve at it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1980

Topics

People Task Improve

I'm always looking for films, but the horror scripts that I get tend to be very repetitive and often not that interesting.

Looking Interesting Horror Always

If you look at other countries, you see they have different values: defend more, pass the ball out more, winning is holy. In England, you could say that sport itself is holy. They say, 'Look, guys, it's about more than just winning.'

Winning You Values Look Say See

I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character.

Character Personality Different Like

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.

Time Writing No Time Market Read

And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense.

Organization Looking Think Forest Up

I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.

Day Writing Saying One Day Something

I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.

Respect Process Appreciate Film Who

This person loves tangerines, This person loves raspberries - and my son won't even look at berries. Isn't that amazing? And so I have to apply that to music; otherwise, I would always hide in a hole because of all the people that don't like Coldplay.

Music Son People Amazing Look Hide

My father used to get me to read the newspaper to him, as if I was a radio. I would stand there and read the 'Times.'

Annalena McAfee

Father Me Stand Newspaper Him Radio

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it. Especially now that the strip has more different kinds of characters. It's really not all lesbians any more.

Change Hope People I Can Now More

Things have to sell, of course, but if I don't want to put bags on the runway, we don't put bags on the runway. I have complete creative control.

Creative Control Want Runway Sell

At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, that's enough. I can't do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my morning's work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine.

Work Morning Day Book Think End

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