John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
There is no name for all who participate in group decision-making or the organization which they form. I propose to call this organization the Technostructure.
Quotes to Explore
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Islam means peace.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
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I've dealt with a lot in my life.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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When you cease to dream you cease to live.
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After briefly considering whether to study biology or medicine, I opted for medicine and initiated my studies at the University of Bonn. The first two years were particularly hard, since I simultaneously decided to attend lectures and courses in biology as well.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
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I remember when I was in third grade, I was in a classroom, and the teacher said, 'What do you want to do when you get older?' We were going around the room. I said, 'I want to be a professional basketball player.' She's like, 'That's not realistic.' I thought to myself, 'OK, watch.'
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In a play, you only get one chance, and you have to get it perfect. In a film, you can change and fix it whatever way you want, so really, there's a pretty big difference.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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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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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
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My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero.
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I do not want to make teaching films. If I did, I would create a separate organization. It is not higher education that interests me so much as general mass education.
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Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.
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I am very much afraid that to the fiction writer the fact that we shall always have the poor with us is a source of satisfaction,for it means, essentially, that he will always be able to find someone like himself.
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I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.
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There is no name for all who participate in group decision-making or the organization which they form. I propose to call this organization the Technostructure.
