John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
If inheritance qualifies one for office, intelligence cannot be a requirement.
Quotes to Explore
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You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days.
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Content is king. When you are asking people to read you several times a day, you better have some fine content.
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'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age films featuring people like Chiron and set in places like inner-city Miami is pronounced and unfortunate.
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I have long been impressed with the focus on politics and that focus being... from young people.
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Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.
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I have a variety of styles. I don't stick to one particular style.
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Up to his twenty-sixth year, the heart of Ignatius was enthralled by the vanities of the world. His special delight was in the military life, and he seemed led by a strong and empty desire of gaining for himself a great name.
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When I was put in a situation where I'm going there, you have to look at the team and the possibility that hey, we can probably do some good things over there.
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I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around.
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The nearer you come to God, the less you are disposed to questioning and reasoning. When you actually attain Him, when you behold Him as the reality, then all noise, all disputations, come to an end.
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If you keep a thing seven years, you are sure to find a use for it.
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We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may not ever need to go there.
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They all have excellent resumes... So what I’m trying to find out is how they will behave under pressure. Will they lie, or bluff, or panic, or wilt? Or will they continue to function with some modicum of competence and integrity?
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The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount.
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I love that Cadillac ATS!
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He was neither clever nor sensitive, but he was loyal--stubbornly sometimes, and even annoyingly and stupidly so in later life.
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We are made to know and love God.
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I love fashion from the 1930s and '40s - shoulder pads, high waists, things with structure. That is classy for me. Andrea Riseborough from the Madonna movie 'W.E.' had an amazing wardrobe.
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Fortunately, when Benazir Bhutto was prime minister, she banned public whipping of women - banned whipping of women, period, which is a marvelous thing she did.
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If inheritance qualifies one for office, intelligence cannot be a requirement.
