But the idea that I should be a teacher and a rese... -Amartya Sen

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But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.

Amartya Sen , Philosopher
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Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher known for his work on welfare economics and development economics. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of poverty, famine, and social justice. Sen's interdisciplinary approach and his advocacy for human rights have made him a prominent figure in the field of economics and social sciences.

Amartya Sen Quotes to Explore

When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, ...
But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years....
I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another....
It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closes...
The curriculum of the school did not neglect India's cultural, analytical and scientific heritage, but was very involved also with the rest of the wor...
While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection....
The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active....
People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with Hin...
I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970....
I have not had any serious non-academic job....

Teacher Quotes to Explore

I wanted to be a landscape architect, but I trained as a teacher; I worked in publishing; I was a waitress....
I was a teacher most of my life, which I loved. I had a very happy working life, and when I retired, I thought I must do something, and I've always re...
I owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics....
I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with ...
I always thought I would be a teacher. And I think I actually lived up to my initial dreams, because what I do now is teach millions and millions of p...
I think day care is terrific. Kids get to be around other kids, and they're playing, and they're teaching each other. When I was in college, my summer...
Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot. I went to North Carolina School of the...
My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together, th...
My daughter became a teacher right out of college....
A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn't put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather t...