Robert Fogel Quotes
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Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important place. The new 'scientific' or…
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Although they arrived in New York penniless, my parents scraped together enough savings to establish the first of several small businesses just after I was…
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My education in the public schools of New York City between 1932 and 1944 was an excellent preparation for a life in science. Because of…
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No individual has done more to help me pursue a career in science than my wife of forty-five years. I met Enid Cassandra Morgan during…
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The first, and overarching, count in the new indictment is that slavery permitted one group of people to exercise unrestrained personal domination over another group…
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Centuries ago it may have been difficult for pregnant women and their children to get proper nourishment, probably leading to smaller - and therefore shorter-lived…
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People want more and more leisure time, which means the freedom to do what they want to do, not what they have to do, and…
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In 1890, nearly everyone died on the job, and if they lived long enough not to die on the job, the average age of retirement…
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In most, if not quite all, parts of the world, the size, shape and longevity of the human body have changed more substantially, and much…
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The older I get, the more important my view of the family is.
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I think the most important thing I have done in my life is to raise two boys.
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The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences the business cycle…
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The rate of technological and human physiological change in the 20th century has been remarkable. Beyond that, a synergy between the improved technology and physiology…
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I was born in New York City in 1926, four years after my parents and my brother migrated to the United States from the city…
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