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 don't have any spiritual anything.You shoot a guy with a gun, he dies. You step on a bug, the bug dies. There is no heaven for me and no hell. And certainly not any Karma.
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When I go and speak now at all sorts of conferences, later in the night there's always a better Maxie Walker than me. Billy Birmingham's legendary for basically being able to verbally kneecap any of a number of Australia's characters, particularly in the commentary box.
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I used to feel it was too late for me; I'd had my shot. You couldn't make a pop star out of me.
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So it's really hard for a horn player to comp. But I'm totally into trying to switch those paradigms around and find a little magic space where that works, and try to mine that.
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There are people who believe that a Dolce & Gabbana T-shirt is more stylish than a supermarket one, and there are people who believe the opposite. There is room for everyone.
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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.