John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

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Our family is very tight. Just like any family, we have our ups and downs, but the love is always going to be there. I try to go to my parents' house as much as I can.
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The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered.
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Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us.
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A lot of the things that loved ones say to each other, friends would never accept.
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With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.
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The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you.
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I don't dream at night; life has given me the stuff I need to be able to dream during the day. I'm very lucky.
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I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.
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I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
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Whenever you're writing something that's reflective, you have to put yourself through some sort of ordeal just to understand the way you're feeling.
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The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.
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The Make in India campaign has taken off and is backed with skill development. It is going to open new vistas for employment for the youth.
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It was a good chance for us to play for people who would never have heard us otherwise.
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Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
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Be open and honest, but perceptive to your boss's situation. That's my advice to graduates worried about working with a new boss.
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To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.
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People didn't know where they could trade. When everybody owes each other IOUs that can be in multiple places at once, that's how the system couldn't tell any more who owned what and who owed what to whom. Blockchain could have prevented 2008.
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Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.
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I have no concern with widening audience.
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Treat 'em like a prostitute, don't treat 'em well until your sure of the scoop.
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My father passed away when I was 12, so it was very difficult. But I was always the class clown. I don't know why - maybe as an escape. But then I was sent away to military prep school.
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The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a matter of days, you can surely come to the aid of your own citizens in a shorter order of time.
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This too I know-and wise it wereIf each could know the same-That every prison that men buildIs built with bricks of shame,And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.
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There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.