Angus Deaton Quotes
Aid can only reach the victims of war by paying off the warlords and, sometimes, extending the war.
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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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I fell in love with acting, just going to a lot of plays. My parents went to a lot of plays, and I went to a lot of schools that would get plays for kids.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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I became interested in educating people in the variety of ways in which women can express their emotion. Which is much easier to do in a large role than in a supporting role to a male protagonist. In general, the women in a supporting role to a male protagonist - cry a lot.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.
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To lead a better life, I need my love to be here. Here, making each day of the year, Changing my life with a wave of her hand. Nobody can deny that there's something there.
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I get to work at about 7:30 or 8 unless I have a breakfast meeting.
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I find it amusing that those who helped to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in our generation are now criticizing me for making sure that we are on the right battlefield and not the wrong battlefield in the war against terrorism.
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Aid can only reach the victims of war by paying off the warlords and, sometimes, extending the war.
