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.John Kenneth Galbraith
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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.
Yvonne Strahovski -
I'm uncomfortable with the focus on the poet and not on the poem.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
I decided there and then to sue the bastards.
Barry Sheene -
The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, and they usually have that diamond shape.
Zoe Kravitz -
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.
Ed Sheeran -
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.
Dan Webster
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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.
Folorunsho Alakija -
The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
Kara Walker -
I'm Latin, for crying out loud - I can't hold anything back!
Odette Annable -
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.
Becca Fitzpatrick -
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.
Wendy Kopp -
Product-wise, I use a morning and night cleanser. I'm really not a brand person.
Halima Aden
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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.
Barry Schuler -
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.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
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.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
I get to hang out with people I think are awesome, and do work I think is awesome. It's really cool.
Harold Perrineau -
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.
Irvine Welsh -
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.
Victoria Osteen
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I love the Backstreet Boys! I think they're very talented and I think their harmony is wonderful.
Beyonce Destiny's Child -
I love the Middle East and have been lucky enough to visit a few of the countries like Egypt, Lebanon, Jordon and the U.A.E.
Nadia Ali -
In the end, all that time I spent in the 'Star Wars' universe fostered galaxies of creativity and made me a better person here on Earth, because it taught me that everyone counts. That's why I can sincerely and with a straight face say: 'May the Force be with you.'
Chris Hardwick -
There's a huge generational gap between the Soviet-school journalists and the new journalists. We were not brought up working on propaganda; we were brought up in the new Russia, working on the news.
Margarita Simonyan -
The denunciation and smearing of truly gifted people like Rodriguez—people the Chicano community should be proud of—by the self-appointed gatekeepers of Chicano Studies is, alas, an everyday spectacle. Did anyone in the Chicano Studies community even take note when Dana Gioia, who is one of the best poets of his generation and happens to be half Mexican American, was named chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts in 2002? No, because he made it on his merits and not by being a victimization hustler.
Bruce Bawer -
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.
John Kenneth Galbraith