John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
In the really hard cases you're choosing between the disastrous and the catastrophic, and it's hard to tell someone which one is which.
Quotes to Explore
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I landed the female lead role on 'Chuck' within three days of landing in L.A., so it was a little overwhelming, and I definitely felt like I got thrown into the deep end.
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I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.
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I decided there and then to sue the bastards.
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The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, and they usually have that diamond shape.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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There's a picture there that people realize that, we stop helping Israel, we lose God's hand, and we're in big time trouble.
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I never went to a university, and I am proud to say so because I don't think I have done too badly.
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The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
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I'm Latin, for crying out loud - I can't hold anything back!
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Writing can be a very solitary profession, and when deadlines are looming, it's tempting to glue myself to my desk, but I try to make sure I get out a few times a month with friends just so I don't forget what it means to be social.
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When you think of the typical Teach For America corps member, soldiers and ex-bankers are probably not the people who come to mind. In fact, there is no such thing as a typical corps member. They can't be neatly pigeonholed or painted with a broad brush.
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Product-wise, I use a morning and night cleanser. I'm really not a brand person.
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We are all 99.9 percent genetically equal. It is one one-hundredth of one percent of genetic material that makes the difference between any one of us.
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
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It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.
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I get to hang out with people I think are awesome, and do work I think is awesome. It's really cool.
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I'm working on a screenplay right now for the BBC, but I hope to have the decks cleared soon so I can get into the studio with my pals and put down some more tracks, try to get a strong dance single together.
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You may have made some mistakes, but just like a parent helps their child when they are learning to walk, God will help you get right back up anytime you fall.
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I played rugby most of my life and then I switched to snowboarding, which provided me a lot of inspiration.
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I'll be in a series for three or four episodes, but then I'll be off the series, and downtime, as an actor, is a little more than most people understand. Most of the time you're just sitting around taking coffee with friends.
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I grew up in a very modest home. We grew a lot of our food in our backyard. We fished; my brothers hunted.
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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
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O England! Model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a might heart.
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In the really hard cases you're choosing between the disastrous and the catastrophic, and it's hard to tell someone which one is which.
