John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
There was something superficial in attributing anything so awful as the Great Depression to anything so insubstantial as speculation in common stocks.
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Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.
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The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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My mornings go by so fast I forget breakfast. Lunch - that's turned out to be my biggest meal. I like tuna fish with low-fat mayonnaise and celery, egg whites and garlic. It's delish.
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Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.
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Many causes produce war. There are ancient hatreds, turbulent frontiers, the 'legacy of old forgotten, far-off things, and battles long ago.' There are new-born fanaticisms. Convictions on the part of certain peoples that they have become the unique depositories of ultimate truth and right.
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I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler.
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Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.
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There was something superficial in attributing anything so awful as the Great Depression to anything so insubstantial as speculation in common stocks.
