John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplifications of our culture.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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I have never spoken to Eminem. I've never even spoken to him once.
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In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
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Anytime you get to work with an actor who is beyond you in experience and talent, I feel like they make you a better actor. You really bring up your game.
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I put so much of myself out there and make myself so accessible that sometimes I fear I make myself too accessible.
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Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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I love New York. Love it.
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I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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On my grandmother's chicken farm, they had cows, and they had this big metal container that the cows drank out of, and we used to swim in it. And we used to get into the chicken feed bins and dive through them.
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I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.
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On nights like this when the air is so clear, you end up saying things you ordinarily wouldn’t. Without even noticing what you’re doing, you open up your heart and just start talking to the person next to you—you talk as if you have no audience but the glittering stars, far overhead.
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That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously guarded simplifications of our culture.
