John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.John Kenneth Galbraith
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If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
Lance Armstrong -
There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.
Caitlin Moran -
You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
Tanya Tucker -
People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
Ja Rule -
I would love the opportunity to create my own program. I feel like a TV show with a format of monologue with lots of sketches thrown in could be really fun. But you know, that may never happen. Minimally, I just want to keep making stand-up.
Hari Kondabolu
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
Hamza Yusuf -
We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.
Karen Mills -
The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
Candace Bushnell -
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
Jack Kornfield -
I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
Rafael Nadal -
For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
J. Michael Straczynski
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When I was 13, I got my first guitar, and I could sort of play Ted Nugent songs, but I couldn't play the solos. But I could play along with entire Ramones songs.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.
Wayne Dyer -
Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
Yael Grobglas -
Most music careers slowly but surely go down.
Malik Bendjelloul -
I don't think I ever wore pants on 'Reno 911!' and I was on it about five times.
Natasha Leggero -
Los Angeles is a good city in which to be a reporter. Always entertaining, always an incubator.
Dana Goodyear
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I can’t die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I’ll have a whole lifetime in which to die.
Carlo D'Este -
As a model, I travel non-stop.
Jasmine Guinness -
It's going to sound like brown-nosing, but I love 'Parks & Rec.'
Melissa Fumero -
What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
Ramez Naam -
What are the sciences but maps of universal laws, and universal laws but the channels of universal power; and universal power but the outgoings of a universal mind?
Edward Thomson -
Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.
John Kenneth Galbraith