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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I don't know how people recognize me.
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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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When you've got a mountain to climb you may as well throw everything into the kitchen sink.
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Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; Time's tragedy is in the aching stoop; Through this dread shape humanity betrayed, Plundered, profaned, and disinherited, Cries protest to the Powers that made the world. A protest that is also a prophecy.
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Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
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I'm so used to changing time zones that I can sleep at any time. I'm rarely ever tossing and turning - if I am, it's really a big deal.
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Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.
