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“Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“Any man of energy and initiative in this country can get what he wants out of life. But when initiative is crippled by legislation or by a tax system which denies him the right to receive a reasonable share of his earnings, then he will no longer exert himself and the country will be deprived of the energy on which its continued greatness depends.”
― Amity Shlaes, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

“When people don’t pay the true cost of something, they tend to consume it inefficiently.”
― Steven D. Levitt, Think Like a Freak

“Why do so many frown so sternly at the idea of having fun? Perhaps out of fear that it connotes you aren’t serious. But best as we can tell, there is no correlation between appearing to be serious and actually being good at what you do. In fact an argument can be made that the opposite is true.”
― Steven D. Levitt, Think Like a Freak