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Robert H. Frank Quotes: Life is graded on the curve. It's not how big you are, how strong you are, how smart you are. It's how good you are at the things that count relative to the people around you.
         

Life is graded on the curve. It's not how big you are, how strong you are, how smart you are. It's how good you are at the things that count relative to the people around you.


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The most glaring deficiency in traditional economic models is that they completely ignore the role of context in evaluation.



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No society has ever succeeded without a decent government.



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If government is inevitable, the challenge is to come up with the most effective one possible.



Pass down values every day through your actions, your words and your time with your kids.

Pass down values every day through your actions, your words and your time with your kids.



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If the search is for examples that contradict the predictions of standard economic models, a good rule of thumb is to start in France.



In short both the things we feel we need and the things available for us to buy depend largely—beyond some point, almost entirely—on the things that others choose to buy.

In short both the things we feel we need and the things available for us to buy depend largely—beyond some point, almost entirely—on the things that others choose to buy.



The most common mistake we make as teachers is attempting to tell our students too much.

The most common mistake we make as teachers is attempting to tell our students too much.



As economists have long noted, the puzzle is not that so few people vote, it's that so many do. After all, no individual's vote has ever tipped the balance in a presidential election.

As economists have long noted, the puzzle is not that so few people vote, it's that so many do. After all, no individual's vote has ever tipped the balance in a presidential election.



When people bump up against one another in the course of pursuing their goals, it is in everyone's interest to resolve any resulting problems in the least costly ways possible.

When people bump up against one another in the course of pursuing their goals, it is in everyone's interest to resolve any resulting problems in the least costly ways possible.



The link between rational individual behavior and collectively desirable outcomes is extremely tenuous.

The link between rational individual behavior and collectively desirable outcomes is extremely tenuous.





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