"It amazes me how people are often more willing to act based on little or no data than to use data that is a challenge to assemble."

-- Robert J. Shiller

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“Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.”

Source : Henry Latham Doherty (1923). “Principles and Ideas for Doherty Men: Papers, Addresses and Letters”
“Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.”
“Itâ€™s the ability to bring events and characters to a resolution that draws me to writing, especially writing for children. I donâ€™t want to ever be didactic, but if thereâ€™s something I do want to say, itâ€™s that you can bring things around. You can make a change. Adult novels are about letting go. Childrenâ€™s novels are about getting a grip.”
“Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan. If we accept the premise that human rights are granted by government, then we must be willing to accept the corollary that they can be denied by government.”
“The problem is that the Enlightenment dream may make too many demands on poor African apes like us. We may just not be up to it.”
“Opinions are like orgasms...mine matters most and I really don't care if you have one.”
“We each have a finite number of heartbeats, a finite amount of time. But we have enough heartbeats and enough time to do what is important.”
“When I made the decision - when my team-mates made that decision, when the whole peloton made that decision - it was a bad decision and an imperfect time. But it happened.”

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