"Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe..."

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Tyler Cowen

#Art Quotes #Believe Quotes #Important Quotes

“The American writer is a very pampered figure - by foundations, by fellowships, by publishing advances. Even though I am not American, I have been pampered enough myself to know how it can make your life too frictionless.”
“There's a lot of books out there about how you lead change in business, but I've certainly not seen any... on how you do that in public institutions.”
“The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.”
“As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile.”
“I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.”
“When you worship an idol, you're substituting a thing for the ultimate.”

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“It seems to me you can be awfully happy in this life if you stand aside and watch and mind your own business, and let other people do as they like about damaging themselves and one another. You go on kidding yourself that you're impartial and tolerant and all that, then all of a sudden you realize you're dead, and you've never been alive at all.”
“One thing we seem to be missing is that just as we no longer search for the news, the news finds us today (e.g. this article found me) we will no longer search for products and services, rather we will look to our social graph to what products and services they like and don't like.”

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