John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.
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What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?
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We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.
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Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.
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I really admire people who have a natural sense of style. They have a super power.
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I'm not - I'm not a person looking for money. I have no political ambitions whatsoever. I don't seek power. I don't seek any kind of praise. I have no ego to fulfill.
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The power to shape Oregon's future remains where it has always been - in our collective hands.
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You want to have a toy and another toy, and that's not maturity. The biggest things in life are not materials.
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It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
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I do work on a little bit of weights just to get my power up.
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Eurasia is the world's axial supercontinent. A power that dominated Eurasia would exercise decisive influence over two of the world's three most economically productive regions: Western Europe and East Asia.
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My main aim has always been to do good quality films with roles that have some substance. With Power and Beauty there were loads of things that I liked about the movie, which made me opt for it.
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Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see.
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America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.
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The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that much money.
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Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.
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If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be.
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Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.
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The theoretically unrestricted right to develop power, to wage war against other states, is antisocial and is doubly dangerous, because the state as a mass entity represents a low moral and intellectual level.
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Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body; but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.
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I have a feeling that wherever I may be in the future, I will be wondering whether there is rain at Ngong.
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I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.
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Power is as power does.
