John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
The values of a society totally preoccupied with making money are not altogether reassuring.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not utilitarian. Even though books get sold, and I get advances, I get to look at society and think for a living.
Rachel Kushner
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The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.
Aaron Paul
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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
Samantha Morton
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When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.
Carl Sandburg
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What 'Deadwood' did was to talk about how capitalism started, how civilised society came in, and how that brought its own problems.
Ian McShane
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We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.
Val McDermid
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When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.
Frank Thomas
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Lithium prevents my seductive but disastrous highs, diminishes my depressions, clears out the wool and webbing from my disordered thinking, slows me down, gentles me out, keeps me from ruining my career and relationships, keeps me out of a hospital, alive, and makes psychotherapy possible.
Kay Redfield Jamison
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I make it a point to go home every weekend so I can meet with Georgians and hear from them directly.
Johnny Isakson
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In terms of my career and stuff, Game of Thrones has just been such a blessing because people really love the show.
Nathalie Emmanuel
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The values of a society totally preoccupied with making money are not altogether reassuring.
John Kenneth Galbraith