John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and loans associations... But when taxes must be paid for the lower middle class and poor, the government assumes an aspect of wickedness.
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The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.
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I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.
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Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy.
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After coming to India, I have felt the loneliest I have ever been in my life. I don't have a support system here.
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In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.
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It's cool having a little bit of money to do your thing.
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If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term.
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I was raised Jewish and fully embrace the core beliefs of Judaism - the ones that I identify as core beliefs, which are essentially freedom and justice. But the supernatural aspects of religion were never important to me.
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Sometimes I'll do a mask if I had a lot of makeup on that day or was out in the sun. I like a hydrogen mask. It's an easy one, and it's supposed to soothe and relax your skin.
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It's a waste to not say anything with art.
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I don't know about you but I'm feeling 22.Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you.You don't know about me but I bet you want to.Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 22, 22.
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Never yet was a nation born that did not begin in the spirit, pass to the heart and the mind, and then take an outer form in the world of men.
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There is no salvation till they have seen their basic prejudice.
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Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt,And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.
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I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
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I'm strong and opinionated. Those qualities brought me a lot of problems since I was a little girl in school, saying 'I don't agree' and fighting with the children. It's part of my curiosity for life.
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The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and loans associations... But when taxes must be paid for the lower middle class and poor, the government assumes an aspect of wickedness.
