Angus Deaton Quotes

I'm in favor of inequality if it comes about from people making great innovations that make us all better off. And I think those people deserve to be rich. But the people who get rich by lobbying the Congress to give them special protections that come out of the hides of the workers seems to be a bad idea.

Angus Deaton

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GreatPeopleRichThinkBetterBad

The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have; I want my own path, my own sound, my own identity. Record labels care nothing about identity or artistic freedom, they want good business.

Joe Nichols

GoodBusinessFreedomPathIdentity

America's largest trade deficit is with China, a nation that enjoys Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the U.S. and ties its currency to the dollar to make it a more competitive trading partner.

Jo Ann Emerson

PartnerAmericaMoreNationDollar

Late afternoon on the West Coast ends with the sky doing all its brilliant stuff.

Joan Didion

SkyDoingLateBrilliantWest Coast

I'm a big person when it comes to doing what you believe in.

Andre Ward

BelieveDoingYouPersonBig

I was not a comic book kid.

Matt Letscher

BookKidComic BookComic

I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.

Michael Chang

NatureTimeMomPersonPlayTry

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

Mohsin Hamid

HomeLanguageKnowAnyTruly

My philosophy is to eat as healthy as I can whenever I can, but not to beat myself up when I don't.

Miriam Shor

MyselfPhilosophyI CanHealthyEat

I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke.

Jason Statham

LoveGoodHumorPeopleStoryTell

I usually write away from home, in coffee shops, on trains, on planes, in friends' houses. I like places where there's stuff going on that you can lift your eyes, see something interesting, overhear a conversation.

Jonathan Safran Foer

HomeEyesCoffeeInterestingFriends

Films have never shown the kind of relationship that can exist between two women.

Brigitte Bardot

WomenRelationshipKindNeverTwo

You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.

Brian O'Driscoll

LifeBestPerspectiveDisappointment

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