Austan Goolsbee I was always a data guy, not a theorist. Theorists can maintain total purity. The data are always messy. – Austan Goolsbee Data Quotes Guy Quotes Maintain Quotes Messy Quotes Purity Quotes Theorist Quotes Theorists Quotes Total Quotes If you’re going to be an academic who’s involved in the world of policy, you have to be involved in the world that exists. In Michigan, in the mid-’80s, the unemployment rate goes way up because a lot of factories shut down. And then, the mid-2000s, to pick a date, the unemployment rate in Michigan isn’t that much higher than in the rest of the country. But the main way that happened is people moved.
Robert Dallek Truman is now seen as a near-great president because he put in place the containment doctrine boosted by the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and NATO, which historians now see as having been at the center of American success in the cold war. – Robert Dallek
Christopher Guest When I look back on what I’ve done, I think I’m drawn to obsession, perhaps. – Christopher Guest
Chris Rock Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn’t curse. – Chris Rock
Henning Mankell Certainly, I know what it’s like to be obsessed. I haven’t always been there for my children. They could reach me, but I wasn’t always there. But, you know, that’s not necessarily anything to do with being a writer. I mean, a taxi driver could have the same problem… Maybe. – Henning Mankell
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