Angus Deaton Quotes

I think inequality has gone past the point where it's helping us all get rich, and it's really becoming a serious threat.

Angus Deaton

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PastRichThinkInequalitySerious

It is a little weird seeing photographs from parties where you didn't even know a photographer was there.

Jessie Buckley

WeirdYouSeeingKnowPhotographer

I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'

Jill Abramson

StoryHandsYouBloodSayWill

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

Anita Roddick

GoodHellDoingSomethingPublicAm

Most of an award-show host's job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether it's the Oscars or the Hallmark Channel's 'Hero Dog Awards.'

Rob Sheffield

DogHeroJobCoolShowing UpAwards

The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences is a far cry from the specialized education that most students today receive, particularly in the research universities.

Joseph Stiglitz

EducationTodayResearchPersonCry

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.

Douglas Coupland

GoalsEnoughYouBecomeNeverBig

And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.

Norman MacCaig

GoodEyesStartThinkingBetterBad

Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go until the Beijing Olympics. The tragedy of the Sichuan earthquake followed hard on the heels of the riots in Tibet and the demonstrations surrounding the Olympic torch relay.

Martin Jacques

YearTragedyGoHardTorchChina

When I was 11, I knew that I wanted to write a kid's book and tell the world what it was like being deaf.

Marlee Matlin

WorldBookDeafWriteKidTell

Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

Leigh Hunt

WorthTreasuresSecond-HandYourHe

My ideal prom date would have to be cute, funny, sweet, nice.

Kendall Jenner

FunnyCuteSweetNicePromDate

Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.

Gloria Steinem

WomenBetterDangerousWillRole

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