John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.
Quotes to Explore
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The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs.
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We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
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The coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are coming of age - when you are going through something like that - the genre is so meaningful.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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The fact of the matter is that instead of going around the world and haranguing countries for engaging with China, the West should be encouraging its own businesses to trade and invest in these regions.
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People think I must have been turning cartwheels on the night I sealed the movie deal - which was only two days after sealing the book deal - but I was really quite terrified.
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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
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I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.
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Growing up in Scotland and living in Glasgow, you see the heritage that religion has had and how something that, in theory, is about kindness and community and caring for each other is used to persecute people.
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I've never thought about the ages of my readers.
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It was sadness, lostness, and the worst thing about it was the way it seemed like a default—like it was there all the time, and all her other expressions were just an array of masks she used to cover it up.
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Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.
