John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
However, it is safe to say that at the peak in 1929 the number of active speculators was less - and probably was much less - than a million.
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I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator - a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.
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Historically, the mobile industry has been focused on the consumer, getting better performance and throughput to their devices.
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We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can only refuse a law of parliament once, then he has to sign it - if the same law is then supported by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament.
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When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation: 'What is he going to do?'
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I don't believe in ghosts.
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The British people have the right to decide - have the right to decide whether or not they want to be part of the E.U. And I shouldn't interfere in this.
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I'm definitely the worker. My brother is the jokester.
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Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most.
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Just to eat is a gift.
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My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever.
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In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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I did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back to music I love.
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Before the story he refused to even think about it; after the story, it became conceivable to him, and, once he could conceive of it, it soon became inevitable.
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It’s the art-magazine ‘Circle’ been reprinted and it’s now referred to as classic. Well it is. But w:Ben Nicholson, Sir Leslie Martin, Gabo and Leslie Martin’s wife, Sadie Speaight, and I did that. We were sitting round the fire and we said, ‘Why shouldn’t we do a book?’ And so we started and now it’s a classic and referred to as such.
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The kids were both adolescents, at that happy stage where they could simultaneously make him confident about the future while they were sabotaging the present.
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Dancers work and they work and they work, and they master their skills so far that improvisation just comes flowing out of them. Their natural expression of the best they can possibly be comes out of them because there is no boundary to hold them back... That's the mentality that I'm trying to create, recreate and hold on to forever.
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My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the front, in order to be as near me as could be, but it developed later that no nurse was allowed to go farther than the large troop hospitals far in the rear of the actual operations.
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I feel a responsibility to try and give back. I see young people out there who are trained, and any way I can help them and give them an opportunity is gratifying.
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My favorite road trip ever is when my wife and I took an RV around the country. We just had the best time.
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It's not particularly fun to have to factor in step stools to almost all areas of your home.
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Oh, you know what, it's an honor to be mentioned in the company of those that might lead our country forward after President Obama.
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I'm gaga over Richard Jenkins.
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The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
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However, it is safe to say that at the peak in 1929 the number of active speculators was less - and probably was much less - than a million.
