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Angus Deaton Quotes

The Nobel thing is like dying and going to heaven for a while. It's like being transported to a fairyland.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: british
Birth: October 19, 1945

Topics

Heaven Dying Being Going Like Thing

Some old people, they remember that they used to play clarinet, and they remember the squeaks of the clarinet. But I don't play like that.

People Remember Play Old People Old

That's usually what happens with AC/DC: you make an album, and then you're on the road flat out. And the only time you ever get near a studio is generally after you've done a year of touring.

Time Road Year You Done Out

It's no secret - if you know me, have ever met me or have shared a meal with me - that I'm a passionate environmentalist.

Me You Know Passionate Secret Meal

Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government.

Time Government War Criticism Kind

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

Mathieu Kerekou

Poverty Would Like Reaffirm Fatality

There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

Martin Seligman

Good Optimism People Control Think

I love using my imagination. I love writing about animals.

Mary Pope Osborne

Love Imagination Writing Animals

The central idea of string theory is quite straightforward. If you examine any piece of matter ever more finely, at first you'll find molecules, atoms, sub-atomic particles. Probe the smaller particles, you'll find something else, a tiny vibrating filament of energy, a little tiny vibrating string.

Energy You Find Matter More First

I'm an actor. It's my job.

Brittany Murphy

What's been good for the downtime is I got a dog. A little black lab. I've been training her, so she's kept me occupied.

Dog Good Training Me Black She

I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered.

Knowledge French Chinese Learned

I would love to do a big-budget movie musical - I feel like there is one big musical movie a year. And I'm always there at the theater to see them - I love them.

Love Feel Year Always See Big

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