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“Once upon a very long time ago, in the time of Glaux, there was an order of knightly owls, from a kingdom called Ga'Hoole, who would rise up each night and perform noble deeds. They spoke no words ...”
“I don't really know what happened. I just fell out of the nest. But the second Soren said those words he felt a weird queasiness. He almost knew. He just couldn't quite remember, but he almost knew...”
“Gylfie felt that the moment was right. You are the last owl in the world that I would ever say lacked humility, 12-8. You are for my friend and myself a perfect example of humility. You are beyond ...”
“Bye-bye, Auntie cooed, and waved a tattered wing. Bye-bye, 12-8, you fool!”
“Gylfie looked at Soren gravely. That is why we must learn how to fly before the next newing.But I won't be ready. I won't have enough feathers, Soren said.Almost, though.Almost? There's a differenc...”
“Oh, if only I were perfectly moon blinked [hypnotized]. If only I were...”
“You can do it! You believe! Feel it in your gizzard. You are a creature of flight. Fly, my children. Fly!”
“I have redeemed myself by giving belief to the wings of the young. Blessed are those who believe, for indeed they shall fly.”
“[After discovering Soren's former home is abandoned] Then Twilight spoke, Soren, they're gone. Maybe something happened to them. You shouldn't take it personally. Buck up now, old buddy.Personally?...”
“Gylfie turned to Digger and spoke, Come with us, Digger.But where is it you're going? he asked.To the Great Ga'Hoole Tree.What? said Digger, but before Twilight could answer, Streak broke in. I've ...”
“That strategic rivalry in a long-term relationship may differ from that of a one-shot game is by now quite a familiar idea. Repeated play allows players to respond to each other’s actions, and so e...”
“We investigate how the degree to which credit markets are centralized affects efficiency when there is asymmetric information. Specifically, we argue that decentralization of credit may promote eff...”
“After society has decided on a social choice rule-a recipe for choosing the optimal social alternative (or alternatives) on the basis of individuals' preferences over the set of all social alternat...”
“How could such industries as software, semiconductors, and computers have been so innovative despite historically weak patent protection? We argue that if innovation is both sequential and compleme...”
“It’s true that my initial training was in mathematics. However, almost by accident, I happened to take a course from Kenneth Arrow on Information Economics, which was so inspiring that I decided to...”
“My brother Joaquin and I grew up with my mother Rosie and my grandmother Victoria. My grandmother was an orphan. As a young girl, she had to leave her home in Mexico and move to San Antonio, where ...”
“I guess I would have to explain the difference between Mexican and Cuban, you know?”
“I think that Senator Sanders did a wonderful job. I think Michelle Obama was very powerful last night. But you’re right with Senator Sanders that — look, one of the things I noticed out there right...”
“I’m glad to see local communities across the country that are engaging in deeper thinking about investing in mental health counseling, social workers, housing opportunity, because so many of the ca...”
“I do think — I agree with you on the issue of representation. You know, last week, I think the count had been that there were 35 primetime speakers, and only three of them were Latinx. And I raised...”
