John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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My fear with Trump was always that he didn't have great solutions.
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However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
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The interest on our debt is going to collapse this country.
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A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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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 Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.
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I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov -
Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that.
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Cologne, Germany: 'Claud & I had a stroll in the centre of town afterwards & had great fun making the Hun men civilians get off the pavement for us .... It does one worlds of good to know how humiliating it must be for the Huns' (9 January 1919)
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I think it's important to have a happy parent.
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Chevy Stevens is in top form. ALWAYS WATCHING is a tense and twisty exploration of dark memories, hidden pasts, and a place that seems like heaven but might be hell. This is a deep and exciting novel, as unsettling as it is gripping.
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Everything we see, everything that exists, is part of God.
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Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.
