Angus Deaton Quotes
Policies aimed at reversing globalization will lead only to a decrease in real income as goods become more expensive.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.
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I could go to London in 2012. I will only be 37.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.
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I never wore a single fedora filming 'L.A. Noire.' It took about an hour and a half to do the hair - it was a very precise process.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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I've been a bit of an electronics enthusiast and maker for a long time. I actually started the forum called ModRetro. It's an electronics enthusiast community that focuses on modifying vintage game consoles, and it's actually one of the larger game console modification forums on the Internet.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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Dream and you shall become.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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I do watch 'Revenge,' 'American Horror Story' and 'Game of Thrones.' I am behind on all of them. But I do watch them. Those are my go-to shows.
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Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.
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Remaining a pop phenomenon for 20 years without dying or lapsing into self-parody is quite a feat.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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Many people bypass search engines altogether and still find what they're looking for online. These Internet surfers are using direct navigation.
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I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.
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Policies aimed at reversing globalization will lead only to a decrease in real income as goods become more expensive.
