Alex Tabarrok Quotes

Conservatives have long argued, correctly, that 'fine-tuning' the economy is a chimera, but that argument seems to have disappeared from the conservative handbook.

Alex Tabarrok

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I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.

John Barton

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We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all.

John Hope Franklin

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I've often said that the ISIS-Syria-Iraq mess is about as bad as it could be.

Michael Hayden

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When you're caught up in the storm or, you know, just the turmoil of everything that there is another side and you do get through it. And you know, just standing by the truth and doing the right thing.

Amber Frey

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I wasn't going to shy away from getting married when I did and having a baby young and starting a family, even with the job that I chose.

Stephen Curry

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What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Robert Duvall

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I'd worked for the 'Dallas Times Herald' for ten years, and its death was a kick in the gut the like of which I cannot recall ever having experienced.

Molly Ivins

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I don't mind getting involved in a risky project as long as I don't have to stay married to it if the script turns out lousy.

Milos Forman

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We have a battery of tests planned at regular intervals including DNA methylation analysis, gene expression profile changes, telomere length (both TAT and QTRAP measured) and various other metrics that will highlight positive changes to aging biomarkers.

Liz Parrish

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I've yet to meet a person in my life who doesn't have some moral ambiguity.

Jason Beghe

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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

Joseph Joubert

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Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction.

Brendon Burchard

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