John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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• You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of my life in the beginning.

  

  Young Buck
  • Life
  • Beginning
  • My Life

• You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Time
  • Job
  • Law

• I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Want
  • Fame
  • Away

• All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Beginning
  • Idea
  • Riches

• I can do whatever I want.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Want
  • I Can
  • Whatever

• In Silicon Valley, if you spend a lot of time thinking about the obstacles, you'll talk yourself out of everything, because the more you look at it, the less logical something sounds, since no one has done it yet.

  

  Dan Rosensweig
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Done

• I am hunting for people who would be a good colleague or a teammate, not someone who works for me.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • People
  • Work
  • Hunting

• Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.

  

  Edith Head
  • Heart
  • Desire
  • Fashion

• I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.

  

  Gautam Gambhir
  • Up
  • Time
  • Age

• Donald Trump did denounce David Duke's support.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • Support
  • Trump
  • Donald Trump

• So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Government
  • Security
  • Laws

• The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Desire
  • Destruction
  • Risks

• I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Think
  • Cry
  • Watch

• When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'

  Gail Devers
  • Myself
  • Best
  • Effort

• We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Trying
  • Blame
  • Skinniness

• Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.

  

  Calista Flockhart
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  • Think
  • Nice

• When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Parents

• Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Men
  • School
  • House

• Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.

  

  Kent Nerburn
  • Children
  • Why
  • Remember

• The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Problem
  • Impossible
  • Rich

• Rod's always opening doors for me, but I usually tell him to walk through first. Otherwise, if we're at a restaurant and I'm in front, the paparazzi end up getting a big giant close-up of me, and then he's trailing behind, looking like my little child!

  

  Penny Lancaster
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• I try to reciprocate and to give back to the fans with my performances, like a big 'thank you' for the love they show me.

  

  Diego Costa

• It is individuals who have human rights, not religions or beliefs

  

  Ian Harris

• The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.

  

  John Kenneth Galbraith
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