John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.
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I used to shop in ASDA all the time. Every now and then I still go in to get a little salad for lunch.
Fleur East
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There are just so many young designers now.
Jack McCollough
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One of my brothers, Eric, who is one year older than me, was actually the first one to start boxing, and being the youngest sibling, I wanted to do what he did, so I pushed my parents to let me join.
Mandy Bujold -
I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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I watched 'Evil Dead' when I was 12. I was going through all the horror I could grab. I remember going to the video store and asking for something 'real.' And the guy gave me the 'Evil Dead' VHS. When you're 12, you're not supposed to see that.
Fede Alvarez
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It's the tyranny of an oligarchy that I'm concerned about.
Pat Robertson
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I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world, Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.
Caitlyn Jenner
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No damn man kills me and lives.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Law enforcement has seen an unprecedented use of social media by ISIL. They're just kind of flooding the airwaves.
Dana Boente
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Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.
Harold Pinter
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Almost every single commercial on television for shampoo, sports shoes, drinks, food, clothes, perfume, cars, etc., is a short fairy tale, for they are given magical qualities.
Jack Zipes
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If I was bigger I might not have had the same skill set as I do, the speed.
Patrick Kane
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I think if you're artistic in any way, you're probably born with it. I guess it's a talent that can be learned here and there, but I think the instinct to tell a story or to create something happens maybe in the womb.
Gabriel Macht
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The only thing that's different between high profile or celebrity divorces is that you have to do all you can to keep your client and the details out of the media.
Laura Wasser
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I'm not an environmentalist, or a doctor, or a nutritionist.
Dan Barber
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You always do that. Make all the questions harder.I make them truer.
Orson Scott Card
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I asked him what, if anything, got him down about teaching. He said he didn't think that anything about it got him exactly down, but there was one thing, he thought, that frightened him: reading the pencilled notations in the margins of books in the college library.
J. D. Salinger
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It may be possible to get this condition from within Perl if a signal handler runs at just the wrong moment. Another point for Chip...
Larry Wall
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I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman; I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.
Kurt Cobain Nirvana
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We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to feel kind of anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over.
Thurston Moore Sonic Youth
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For him to ask me to go shake his hand on his farewell night, it was a little bit of a shock for me.
Eric Staal
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I've challenged Cain Velasquez to a fight three times. He's a little boy who doesn't want to fight. He said no, live on TV.
Tyson Fury
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I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.
John Kenneth Galbraith