Angus Deaton Quotes

There's this narrative that is entrenched in some of the professions that there's this mysterious thing called 'socioeconomic status' that is immutably correlated with health. And it isn't.

Angus Deaton

Recitation: by Male by Female

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HealthMysteriousStatusNarrative

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn't something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn't gonna let that happen.

Angelina Jolie

WomanHusbandFeelHappenSideKnew

I'm an old soul. I like the Nat King Cole; Sam Cooke is my favorite singer of all time. But I'm into neo-soul; I'm into R&B. Some of the modern stuff appeals to me, but most of it comes from an older time.

Trai Byers

TimeSoulKingMeOldSinger

But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.

Mary Tyler Moore

LifeTimeHappyMy LifeCountryWay

Football is the No. 1 sport in America.

Michael Ovitz

FootballAmericaSport

My favorite pre-Ponzi schemer was known as '520 Percent Miller' because he promised 10 percent returns a week, or 520 percent a year. Of course he was just using new investors' money to pay old investors, and soon he was on the lam.

Mitchell Zuckoff

MoneyWeekYearNewOldPay

I've seen people that don't treat their animals well and yet their animals are still just as loving to them even though they're not treated that well. It's very hard to find that kind of loyalty and love and affection in human beings.

Dick Van Patten

LoveLoyaltyPeopleTreatLoving

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

Debbie Reynolds

DreamFred AstaireDancerFred

What interests me most are the emotional lives of the people. If I don't have that, it's not worth doing, frankly.

Christopher Guest

PeopleMeDoingWorthEmotional

Bollywood, as an industry, is based on relationships. It has always been star-driven, and it has an element of feudalism.

Swara Bhaskar

RelationshipsAlwaysIndustryBeen

From the time I was 9 years old, I loved magic. I was an only child, and I think that had a big impact on me. I always had grown-up friends even though I was a little kid. I would take the train from Lido Beach into Manhattan, and I'd hang out in magic shops.

Rick Rubin

TimeBeachChildMeThinkImpact

Our globe is under new dramatic environmental pressure: our globe is warming, our ice caps melting, our glaciers receding, our coral is dying, our soils are eroding, our water tables falling, our fisheries are being depleted, our remaining rainforests shrinking. Something is very, very wrong with our eco-system.

Richard Lamm

WaterEnvironmentalPressureIceNew

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.

Mark Spitz

SuccessPastPerformanceAbility

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