Angus Deaton Quotes
As recognized since ancient times, the coexistence of very rich and very poor leads to two possibilities, neither a happy one. The rich can rule alone, disenfranchising or even enslaving the poor, or the poor can rise up and confiscate the wealth of the rich.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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I train to fight five rounds, but if we can end the fight in the first round, it's even better.
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We're playing the same songs, the same way, that we have for years.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.
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The writing is really important in books that affect me. I read for the writing. The story is usually of less interest to me. It's the words that break your heart.
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If you choose to be Frankenstein with Botox and plastic surgery, you've bought your own private mask.
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The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.
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When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.
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As recognized since ancient times, the coexistence of very rich and very poor leads to two possibilities, neither a happy one. The rich can rule alone, disenfranchising or even enslaving the poor, or the poor can rise up and confiscate the wealth of the rich.
