Angus Deaton Quotes
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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I appreciate cooperation with Turkey on many issues. We are grateful for the support we receive for E.U. and NATO integration for Montenegro.
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good.
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You never know when your future wife might be in the stands.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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I spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold
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If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.
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I think most people played both variants and regular games. It was a period when variants were very popular and there were a lot more variants being played at that time. Every week practically, it seemed someone would publish a new variant in a zine.
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The most important thing is that we're impacting people for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ... that's why we're here.
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It really comes down to Mick. He's the one who was constantly trying to get these five people in one room together. This is his love, his baby. It's his band, and there's nothing more he loves to do than get up on stage and play with us.
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We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough assessment of what's happening on the ground from the perspective of what we're able to see.
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I don't think Brexit is going to help people in Britain.