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Steven Levitt has 27 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I…
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After all, your chances of winning a lottery and of affecting an election are pretty similar. From a financial perspective, playing the…
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Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done.
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The key to learning is feedback. It is nearly impossible to learn anything without it.
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When people don’t pay the true cost of something, they tend to consume it inefficiently.
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The gulf between the information we proclaim & the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say…
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Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live.
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If you own a gun and have a swimming pool in the yard, the swimming pool is almost 100 times more likely…
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Purity is a good mask for corruption because it discourages inquiry.
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No matter how expert you may be, well-designed checklists can improve outcomes.
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I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from…
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Many of life's decisions are hard. What kind of career should you pursue? Does your ailing mother need to be put in…
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The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child.
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You agree - I'm sure you agree that beauty is the only thing worth living for.
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Twenty-one already, and I still haven't done a thing worth immortality.
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The only thing worth globalizing is dissent.
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Now majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But like other precious, sacred things .... it's not only worth…
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The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it,…
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The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.
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Being you is the only thing worth spotlighting.
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There are times when breakfast seems the one thing worth getting up for ...
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