Angus Deaton Quotes

I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute.

Angus Deaton

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PeopleBelieveI BelieveObligation

All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

EducationFearFightSecurityOver

I can sing, don't get me wrong, but it's no belting singing.

Jeremih

MeSingingI CanWrongGetSing

In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.

Maurice de Vlaminck

ArtDoctorSickBelieveUsefulMust

I discovered that I was part of a Parkinson's community with similar experiences and similar questions that I'd been dealing with alone.

Michael J. Fox

CommunityAloneQuestionsExperiences

Generally, TED speakers are believers in the scientific method.

Steven Levy

Scientific MethodScientificMethod

Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors.

Lucas Papademos

JusticeSpeedInvestmentDelaysVery

Because I now realize, after all this time, I have never truly felt worthy of all that I have been given.

Wynonna Judd

TimeNowNeverRealizeWorthyBeen

The deaf culture is portrayed very accurately on 'Switched at Birth' because the writers did the opposite of the norm. They did their homework before portraying anything on television.

Sean Berdy

CultureHomeworkTelevisionDeafDid

Here's the thing: When you tell somebody, 'I love you. I have always loved your work, and I want to show people a different side of you,' it's sort of an interesting thing that in my case, I've been very lucky, where they're like, 'OK.'

Ryan Murphy

WorkLoveI Love YouPeopleLoved

There are interesting tensions that will naturally occur with any relationship. No matter what setting, what era, the tension is very, very real. It's basic human tension.

Lyriq Bent

RelationshipInterestingWillMatter

The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from what everybody else was doing in the business was the fact that you could tell that these people came from different reference areas.

Kevin Ayers

BusinessMusicPeopleRestDoingUs

We have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It is even strange to us that such a notion could ever have existed.

James Newman

IndependentStrangeMindsOvercome

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