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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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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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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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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Even when I lost my job at CBS News, I set up shop in my youngest daughter's bedroom and started Brainstormin' Productions and the Hannah Storm Foundation. And guess who was there, visiting me and enthusiastically making business charts and graphs that covered my entire kitchen table? My dad, of course.
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Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.
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I could spend my whole life photographing circuses. They combine everything I'm interested in - they're ironic, poetic, and corny at the same time. There's also something about a circus that's magical, sentimental, and almost tragic, like a Fellini film.
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Advice is a peculiar commodity. Those who have the capacity to give good advice generally have too much sense to waste their time trying to get rid of it.
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I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
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Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.
