John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
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I am a Buddhist.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country's dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much a part of Australia's art, writing, music and culture, both indigenous and non indigenous.
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A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
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There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
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Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains.
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People don't care about questionnaires.
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Life is full of happiness and tears; be strong and have faith.
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I always like and appreciate the support for the fans; I am very grateful to everyone who supports me.
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Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world.
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When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete information.
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I've made a bit of a career taking daunting projects out of Lego. I've done things like a dinosaur skeleton and stuff like that.
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My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.
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I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times come, the goodness wins out after all. And a bad person can often seem good and trustworthy for a long time, but when hard times come, the evil in him gets revealed.
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So if I said I never did drugs, that would mean I lie and get fucked more than the president does!
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That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.
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A writer is in the end not his books, but his myth. And that myth is in the keeping of others.
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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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Yes, though I have nothing but gratitude for my upbringing in the church.
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So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker.
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Frankly, I see a lot of little girls dressed in ways I think are not very appropriate. It's too much too soon, and it causes a lot of cognitive dissonance about who they are - are they an 8-year-old, or are they a miniature fill-in-the-blank-celebrity? Parents have to draw the line.
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Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
