John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
A businessman who reads Business Week is lost to fame. One who reads Proust is marked for greatness.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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You have to take over your town in order to take over your city.
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You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
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I got a big mouth.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking free from the Communist influence.
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.
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I understand the common man because I understand me in that regard at least.
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Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1 or A2.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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'Dandelion Wine' became one of the few books that I returned to time and again, and while not anywhere near the story crafter as Mr. Bradbury, I hope I managed to absorb by osmosis some of his techniques.
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The difference between a reporter, a newspaper columnist, a paid speaker, a television personality, a radio talk show host, a blogger, a movie producer, a publicist, and a political strategist, is growing less - and not more - distinct.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community.
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A businessman who reads Business Week is lost to fame. One who reads Proust is marked for greatness.
