"And there is a lot of idiosyncrasy. But there are also regularities and phenomena. And what the data is going to be able to do--if there's enough of it--is uncover, in the mess and the noise of the world, some lines of music that actually have harmony. It's there, somewhere."

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Source : "The Poverty Lab". Interview with Ian Parker, www.newyorker.com. May 17, 2010.

Esther Duflo

#Data Quotes #World Quotes #Lines Quotes

“I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.”
“If there is one thing I've learned in my short life, it's this: Never repress anything.”
“Forgiveness feels most dramatic when some ancient pattern of self-punishment collapses in a torrent of tears. But it is just as effective when practiced daily in tiny doses - relinquishing a pointless worry, getting wise to a self-destructive habit, serving notice on a cruel notion about yourself that has previously seemed justified. The beginning of forgiveness is alertness to false ideas.”

Source : D. Patrick Miller (2009). “The Way of Forgiveness: Letting Go, Easing Stress, and Building Strength”, p.48, Fearless Books
“'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.”
“A lot of people are wanting him [Barack Obama] to be the president just because he's black. But I think he does have some good views.”
“We live in a highly industrialized society and every member of the Black nation must be as academically and technologically developed as possible. To wage a revolution, we need competent teachers, doctors, nurses, electronics experts, chemists, biologists, physicists, political scientists, and so on and so forth. Black women sitting at home reading bedtime stories to their children are just not going to make it.”
“We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.”
“She was drawn to damaged souls like a moth to a flame.”

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