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In the '70s, there were economists who argued that seat belts were causing people to drive faster and kill more pedestrians. But after 15 or 20 years of research, we can now conclude that's actually not true. Seat belts, on net, do make people safer. So, on an evidence-based process, we should have people wear seat belts. Greg Ip
People Drive Research Faster Pedestrian Wear Net More Argued True Economists Make Safer Conclude Causing Were Years After Process Should Who Now Seat Actually Belts
I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people. Guy Gavriel Kay
Good People Argued Always Happen Interesting Interesting People Interesting Things Novel Things Things Happen
There's often a discussion about, 'Well, how do we know what happiness is? Is it real?' I've always argued that all of us know that there's a huge difference between how we feel when we feel happy and when we don't feel happy. Helena Norberg-Hodge
Happiness Happy About Argued Feel Between Know Well Always How Real Huge Huge Difference Discussion Often Difference Us
In arguing that machines think, we are in the same fix as Darwin when he argued that man shares common ancestors with monkeys, or Galileo when he argued that the Earth spins on its axis. Herbert A. Simon
Man Think Earth Ancestors Machines Darwin Argued Arguing He Shares Fix Same Common Galileo Monkeys Axis
I was a 'reverence for life' man - 'see life steadily and see it whole' - in my days as a lecturer in English lit. We are, I argued, if not exactly 'saved' by reading, at least partially 'repaired' by it: made the better morally and existentially. Howard Jacobson
Life Man Better Made Reading Saved Exactly See Steadily Morally Argued Days Least Reverence Lecturer Lit English Whole
I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't quickly tell readers what they most want to know - the score - won't last long. Better he should teach political science. Jack Germond
Science Better Political Long Tell Telling Civic Purpose Argued He Beyond Know Most Readers Always Score Quickly Political Science Reporter Any Want Happening Newspapers Should Teach Who Last
Although most Americans apparently loathe inflation, Yale economists have argued that a little inflation may be necessary to grease the wheels of the labor market and enable efficiency-enhancing changes in relative pay to occur without requiring nominal wage cuts by workers. Janet Yellen
Inflation Pay Loathe Changes Market Relative Argued Economists Most Nominal Although Yale Without Enable Occur Wage Labor American May Wheels Little Cuts Workers Requiring Apparently Necessary Grease
My parents argued a lot. It was pretty tumultuous at times. Jermaine Fowler
Parents Pretty Argued Lot Times Tumultuous
Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances. Jerry Stiller
Money Care Clothes Rich Being Rich Finances About Argued Never Anne She Very Forgiving Being
I have long argued that ISIS and Assad are not separate problems to be chosen between, but are action and reaction, cause and symptom, chicken and egg: impossible to untangle no matter how much we might like to. Jo Cox
Cause Impossible Matter Problems Long Action Symptom Argued Between Like Reaction How How Much Chicken Egg Might Much Separate Chosen
What I argued in 'The Great Divide' is that societies can't function without trust, both politically and economically. Joseph Stiglitz
Great Trust Both Divide Argued Economically Without Politically Function Societies
In mid-20th-century America, it could be argued that the novelist still had the most claim of anyone to omniscience. Whatever he/she couldn't prove, he/she could gesture at. Joshua Cohen
Gesture Whatever Claim Could Argued Had Most Still Prove America Anyone Novelist
I think we have a great deal of mythology around writing. We believe that only a few people can really do it. I wrote a book called 'The Right to Write.' In it, I argued that all of us have the capacity to write. That it's as normal to write as it is to speak. Julia Cameron
Great Book People Writing Speak Great Deal Few Believe Think Only Write Argued Mythology Wrote Around Deal Normal Few People Capacity Us Really Right
President Obama has argued there isn't a threat of terrorism from the U.S. refugee program because for individuals who apply it takes two years, 'heavy vetting' and is a relatively long process. It doesn't matter. Jihad is patient, and as ISIS has pledged, it will do whatever it takes to get the job done. Katie Pavlich
Terrorism Matter Will Job Long Whatever Patient President Jihad President Obama Relatively Pledged Obama Threat Argued Long Process Takes Individuals Because Years Get Done Refugee Heavy Process Who Apply Two Program
I argued that until FBI director James Comey gives a green light to new visas, and not until we completely reform the vetting process for new foreign visitors, that the borders should be sealed. Lawrence Kudlow
Director Light Visitors Borders Gives Argued New Until Foreign Reform Green Green Light James Process Should Sealed
A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense. Lawrence Lessig
Time Needs Character Defense Marked About Argued Taken Taken For Granted Ideas Era Much Granted
Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, until I grew to love them and felt stupid for my immediate reaction towards their work. Leo Fitzpatrick
Work Love Stupid Immediate Immediate Reaction Favorite Joe Argued Josh Towards Until Reaction Smith Felt Years Artists Grew Against To Love Them Two
For good or for ill, Britain is in some respects moving away from a prime-ministerial system towards a presidential one. This is emphatically not, as is sometimes argued, simply a function of Tony Blair's personal ambition. The shift towards a more presidential style was already visible under Margaret Thatcher. Linda Colley
Good Sometimes Style Ambition Presidential Visible Respects System Some More Blair Argued Simply Towards Shift Personal Thatcher Moving Moving Away Ill Function Away Margaret Margaret Thatcher Britain Tony
In the summer of 2009, I modestly predicted that most major news organisations would be charging for content within 12 months. Charging, I argued, would not only plug the revenue gap; it would also help to re-establish value in their news product. Lionel Barber
News Value Summer Months Charging Would Would-Be Plug Only Argued Major Most Also Content Within Revenue Predicted Modestly Organisations Product Help Gap
I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could be argued that they exacerbate my neurosis. Loudon Wainwright III
Exacerbate Fact Could Neurosis Write Argued Songs Answer Always Quick In Fact Asked Therapeutic
Scientists have argued that research is good for health, wealth, and society, and the government has trusted them on that. Mark Walport
Government Health Good Wealth Research Society Argued Scientists Trusted Them
Back in 2005 and 2006, I argued as forcefully as I could, in letters to clients of my investment firm, 'Scion Capital', that the mortgage market would melt down in the second half of 2007, causing substantial damage to the economy. Michael Burry
Half Down Back Market Melt Would Could Argued Investment Firm Mortgage Economy Clients Causing Substantial Capital Letters Second Damage
I have specifically argued that we need to change our relationship with the European Union by fundamentally reforming not just our relationship but the European Union itself. Michael Gove
Relationship Change Our Argued Itself Reforming Just Union European European Union Specifically Fundamentally Need
Martin Luther King Jr. could have argued that separate water fountains were too expensive, a waste of money. He would have been right about that. But cost was beside the point. Michelle Alexander
Money Water King Too Beside Would About Cost Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr Point Could Argued He Were Been Expensive Separate Waste Right Luther
I have never, ever argued about money with any of my producers because that is the kind of relationship and understanding I have with them. Mohanlal
Relationship Money Understanding Kind About Argued Never Because Any Them Producers Ever
'The End of America' details the 10 steps that would-be dictators always take in seeking to close an open society; it argued that the Bush administration had been advancing each one. Naomi Wolf
Society Administration Would-Be Details Seeking Argued Take Open Had Advancing Open Society Steps Always Been End Close Dictators America Bush Bush Administration Each Each One
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