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Amartya Sen Quotes

I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: indian
Birth: November 3, 1933

Topics

Choice Welfare Collective Left Delhi

Sleeplessness is a desert without vegetation or inhabitants.

Desert Without Vegetation Inhabitants

The core of what I do is solve problems, whether that's in graphic engine flow or rockets. I like working on things that are going to have an impact one way or the other.

Problems Impact Flow Way Going Core

I try to not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl. I like to eat, to say the least.

Girl Myself Diet Say Kind Try

Limit or eliminate late-night computer and television viewing. A computer or TV screen may seem much dimmer than a light bulb, but these screens often fill your field of vision, mimicking the effects of a room filled with light.

Vision Light Television Limit Room

This is what champions do: champions defend. They always say you're not a champion until you defend your title.

Champion You Champions Say Defend

I love to dance. I have always been the first on the dance floor, but I'm not teachable. I couldn't learn 'five, six, seven, eight' if my life depended on it.

Life Love Dance Learn My Life First

Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it.

Change Anger Ignore Injustice Desire

Maybe it's stupidity, but you just gotta jump into things. That's how I've gone through life.

Life Stupidity You Jump Things Gone

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

Change Power Blame You Others Up

I think he came to the front door and rang the bell, and Maggie let him in, and he said he had forgotten his key; so I think she must have been down stairs.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

Door Think Key Down Stairs Said

Once you buy into a television show, there doesn't have to be resolution from week to week. You can develop characters and storylines and react to the audience, so you get more of a serialized version of storytelling where you can go much deeper into each character. It's more like a novel.

Character Resolution Week You React

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

Douglas MacArthur

Opportunity Security Earth Only

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