Angus Deaton Quotes
I think putting numbers together into a coherent framework always seemed to me to be what really matters.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
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I grew up on films.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.
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Living together places a huge burden on the other person to be lover, friend, entertainments manager, chef, domestic help, which is almost impossible and can lead to disappointment. If you don't live together, you spend more time with other people and ease the pressure off your lover.
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As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Everything in food works together to create health or disease. The more we think that a single chemical characterizes a whole food, the more we stray into idiocy.
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And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can't go back to being normal; you can't go back to meaningless scenes stitched together by the forgettable thread of wasted time.
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I think putting numbers together into a coherent framework always seemed to me to be what really matters.
