"We can change who we are. We can improve ourselves in various ways, and we can give ourselves possibilities."

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Source : "It Pays to Invest in Early Education Says a Nobel Economist Who Boosts Kids’ IQ". Interview with Paul Solman, www.pbs.org. February 22, 2013.

James Heckman

#Giving Quotes #Who We Are Quotes #Way Quotes

“Ever since I've met you, I've swept you off my feet.”
“The story of a poor man's life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.”
“When L.A.’s schizophrenia between Dreamland and Utopia was becoming socially manifest, the United States, which was always a place, went to war with America, which was always an idea.”
“The truth about stories is, that's all we are.”
“You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.”

Source : "Making a Run From the Border". Chicago Tribune, February 17, 1998.
“Everyone has a story.”
“You don't buy luxury to enter a community, but to set yourself apart from others.”
“I think my parents were really smart parents. I think they were, actually, pretty progressive for the time. The one thing that they really wanted me to know is what makes me tick, what I am about, how I approach life. And I think what my parents really wanted for me was for me to be who I am.”

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