Angus Deaton Quotes

After a day's fishing, I'll know the solution to something or have good ideas that were not accessible before.

Angus Deaton

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Melody Beattie

LifeFriendHomeGratitudeThankful

I wrote a post about wanting to buy a banjo - a $300 banjo, which is a lot of money, and I don't play instruments; I don't know anything about music. I like music, and I like banjos, and I think I probably heard Steve Martin playing, and I said, 'I could do that.' And I said to my husband, I said, 'Ben, can I buy a banjo?' And he's like, 'No.'

Mena Grabowski Trott

MusicMoneyHusbandThinkPlayKnow

The deconstructed, postmodern pizza has been with us for ages, and the fact is that pretty much every ingredient in the world has been used as a pizza topping and liked by somebody, somewhere.

John Lanchester

PizzaWorldPrettySomewhereUsed

Avarice, the sphincter of the heart.

Matthew Green

HeartAvarice

I've always been comfortable with my size.

Amber Riley

ComfortableAlwaysSizeBeen

Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.

Ambrose Bierce

ControlSocietyFoundationOwnership

It's not that hard to stay grounded. It's the way I was brought up.

Sidney Crosby

WayHardUpStayGroundedBrought

Whatever fame or success we have right now came strictly from us playing. As long as we focus on music and not trying to be stars, I think we'll be okay.

Trombone Shorty

SuccessStarsMusicFocusThinkNow

I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer's life. On the other hand, it's good to have another job. It gives you something to do.

Tom Paulin

LifeGoodJobThinkFeelYou

I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need.

Mary-Kate Olsen

LifeWorkFamilyChangeConsistency

The essential gesture of the contemporary novel is to get people to turn the page, to entertain them, and I hate that. I want a novel where the gesture is towards existential investigation on every page. That, to me, is thrilling.

David Shields

HatePeopleMePageWantTurn

My dad was in a union.

Anthony Scaramucci

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