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James Heckman has 18 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The best way to improve the American workforce in the 21st century is to invest in early childhood education, to ensure that…
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Schools should look behind classroom doors and determine the factors that contribute to the kinds of interactions between teachers and students that…
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We can change who we are. We can improve ourselves in various ways, and we can give ourselves possibilities.
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Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do…
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There is a responsibility that goes with winning the Nobel Prize, and the responsibility is that if you have a forum, you…
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The cognitive skills prized by the American educational establishment and measured by achievement tests are only part of what is required for…
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Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in…
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Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who…
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Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.
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I went to a liberal arts college, and as part of my background, I was majoring in mathematics and physics.
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I had always had a deep interest in social science, history. So even when I was in high school, I was debating,…
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Chicago is an exciting place which renews itself. The workshop system encourages close reading and frank discussions of papers and ideas.
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On hearing the news [of being awarded a Nobel Prize], a friend who knows me only too well, sent me this laconic…
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The fact that Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment, is nowhere better illustrated than in the two fields…
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For that, one has to drop all the masks, one has to risk many things, particularly respectability. That is a bribe by…
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When ambition enters, creativity disappears - because an ambitious man cannot be creative, because an ambitious man cannot love any activity for…
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The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands.
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On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who…
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