Angus Deaton Quotes
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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'Bramhotsavam' is a celebration of families, life and togetherness. It's a film I hold close to my heart.
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
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I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.
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I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do, and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.
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I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.
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Making a movie is difficult enough to sort of have a premeditated length that you're going for. I don't know a single filmmaker on the planet who does that.
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My story is so boring: Long Island Jewish parents take their daughters to Broadway.
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You simply couldn't make a living as an author if New Zealand was your only market.
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I'm not a left-wing nut pushing for single-payer!
