Drew Gilpin Faust One of the major jobs of the Harvard president is to choose the deans. I’ve had the opportunity to choose a considerable number of deans already, so I’ve learned a lot in the process in doing it. – Drew Gilpin Faust Choose Quotes Considerable Quotes Deans Quotes Harvard Quotes Jobs Quotes Learned Quotes Lot Quotes Major Quotes Opportunity Quotes President Quotes Process Quotes As a scholar, you don’t want to repeat yourself, ever. You’re supposed to say it once, publish it, and then it’s published, and you don’t say it again. If someone comes and gives a scholarly paper about something they’ve already published, that’s just terrible. As a university president, you have to say the same thing over and over and over. Since the middle of the twentieth century, our understanding of the American past has been revolutionized, in no small part because of our altered conceptions of the place of race in the nation’s history.
DeathHomeSamuel Johnson Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. – Samuel Johnson
Edie Campbell The more I mistreat my hair, the stronger it grows back. I think it must be determined to survive. – Edie Campbell
Ryan Phillippe A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it’s done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making. – Ryan Phillippe
K Flay A constant goal of mine is to try to put myself back in the place when I wrote something – not just to perform it on a surface level, but to re-enter that headspace, that emotion. That’s the point of a live show – for it to feel immediate and present and a little bit unpredictable. – K Flay
Emily Oster I tell my micro students everything I teach them is important, but the truth is that some things are more useful than others, and opportunity cost is near the top. – Emily Oster
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