John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
Wall Street's crime, in the eyes of its classical enemies, was less its power than its morals.
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Apple's advantage is that it designs and builds software together, so if the software isn't excellent, it does the superlative hardware a disservice.
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Thankfully, President Obama has stood firmly behind women's health care issues by supporting coverage for contraception and reaffirming commitment to organizations like Planned Parenthood.
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All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'
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I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.
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I used to have 20/20 vision, believe it or not; that's gone because of all the reading I did when I wasn't supposed to, reading in the back of a car, waiting for each street light to go past so I could grab another sentence.
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
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The plastic surgery issue is really looming because girls in the U.S. are getting it in their teens.
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The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; it would be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There's an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren't just vampires. There's a wolf pack.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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I just did an ad with Microsoft. I'm dressed as Napoleon, and I get to slap Bill Gates.
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I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.
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Commercials are 20 seconds long, so you don't get to experiment with your characters. But in films, you get to try out your acting skills.
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The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it.
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Wall Street's crime, in the eyes of its classical enemies, was less its power than its morals.
