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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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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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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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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All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.
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Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many phenomenal conductors. It is wonderful music, very spiritual.
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Serving my neighbors in Congress and fighting for them has been the best job I've ever had.
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It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private conduct.
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Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are revealed.
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I regretted it. But it can’t be avoided. A writer has to use everything he has. If you want to write, you have to be willing to be a son of a bitch sometimes.
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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.
