Angus Deaton Quotes

I grew up pretty poor - not poor compared with people in India or Africa who are really poor, but poor enough so that the worry about money really cast a pall over your life a lot of the time.

Angus Deaton

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeTimeMoneyPeopleWorryEnough

I never felt that although we were based in Germany, Puma was and should be considered as a German brand. So we restructured it in a way that positioned us as a global brand, with English being the corporate language, rather than us looking at it from a German perspective.

Jochen Zeitz

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The way to get people civically engaged, not just during the election but throughout the year, is to tap into Facebook and let them do it with their friends.

Joe Green

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My doctor is wonderful. Once, in 1955, when I couldn't afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays.

Joey Bishop

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But the word of the Gospel is not as the word of an earthly prince.

John Jewel

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Books externalise our brains and turn our homes into thinking bodies.

John Updike

ThinkingTurnBrainsBooksOur

There's two ways of dealing with fears of mortality. One of them is to hide, so every day you wear the same suit and go to the same job... and the other is to reinvent yourself. I think I reinvent myself all the time. The idea that I would have to be one thing for the rest of my life would just be a soul-destroying idea.

John Ralston Saul

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When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special.

Mat Kearney

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I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, 'That was fun.' It's hardly my desire for them to sit and think, 'What a great literary image.'

Michael Palmer

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I believe God created sports for a good reason. It's recreation. It's something that we enjoy. It teaches us a lot as well... I believe God is a sports fan.

Luke Scott

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For a long time, I felt like my identity was to fight. My identity was to be a world champion. That almost defined me.

Dominick Cruz

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I've always loved small business.

Chuck Fleischmann

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The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined.

Arthur Murphy

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