John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
However, Hoover had converted the simple business ritual of reassurance into a major instrument of public policy.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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Before Disney, I did other shows so I was aware of the business. They're all the same in that they're a professional environment. The only difference between a Disney show and other network shows are in the age of the actors you're working with and the age of the intended audience.
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What do they do in there?
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Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become efficient, you don't run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.
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There's something about Southern women that is so unique yet so universal. Strong southern women are allowed to be soft and feminine and have a sense of humor. But what I love about Southern women in particular is their universality.
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However, Hoover had converted the simple business ritual of reassurance into a major instrument of public policy.
