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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Ethical control may survive in small groups, but the control of the population as a whole must be delegated to specialists-to police, priests, owners, teachers, therapists, and so on, with their specialized reinforcers and their codified contingencies.
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I am not going to come back and play IPL. Have a few plans and may play a few matches here and there.
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When I was getting overly 'droppy,' that's when I was hitting shots left and right. That's what we were doing, so maybe if my swing was a touch flatter, I wouldn't drop the club as much.
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I read Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' when I was 15. It's one of the things that's shaped my relationship to fame - to endorsements, to selling things.
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I think each role takes a little from you and circles around you for the rest of your life. I don't think you ever abandon any of them.
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Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.
