"Centuries ago it may have been difficult for……" — Robert Fogel
"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 - adults."
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Robert Fogel
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14 Quotes by Robert Fogel
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Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important…
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Although they arrived in New York penniless, my parents scraped together enough savings to establish the first of several small…
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My education in the public schools of New York City between 1932 and 1944 was an excellent preparation for a…
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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…
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The first, and overarching, count in the new indictment is that slavery permitted one group of people to exercise unrestrained…
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People want more and more leisure time, which means the freedom to do what they want to do, not what…
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In 1890, nearly everyone died on the job, and if they lived long enough not to die on the job,…
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In most, if not quite all, parts of the world, the size, shape and longevity of the human body have…
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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…
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The rate of technological and human physiological change in the 20th century has been remarkable. Beyond that, a synergy between…
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
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