John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
Cameron Diaz -
Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
Hannes Alfven -
I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
Youssou N'Dour -
It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
Hans Hofmann -
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
Harold Washington -
Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
Bailey Chase
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
Samuel Alito -
Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
Oscar Wilde -
It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace.
Walter Cronkite -
I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
Karen Elson -
I feel like I have another level every year that I start a new season of basketball. If I continue to keep growing, and make everything consistent, I'm going to get better and better each year.
Victor Oladipo -
When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.
Carl Lewis
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I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.
Zooey Deschanel -
I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
Victoria Justice -
Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.
Fatos Nano -
I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 if you were black and looked back to your ancestors and saw nothing but slaves all the way back to 1619. Look forward another 50 or 60 years and saw nothing but slaves.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias -
In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.
Rahm Emanuel
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Ever since I was younger, I would make table reads at home where I would give fake interviews.
Odeya Rush -
I lived in Paris for four years, so I am obsessed with pastries. Croissants, pain au chocolat, cakes, macarons, all of that!
Barbara Fialho -
The Church must introduce the individual Christian into an encounter with Jesus Christ and bring Christians into His presence in the sacrament.
Pope Benedict XVI -
God doesn’t care what you call yourself. He’s not impressed with Catholic, Protestant, Methodist, Episcopalian, Baptist, Lutheran… Those are words that people made up, and they mean nothing to God…nothing. He sees right through all that stuff, into your heart. It’s not about church, it’s not about doing a list of activities, and it’s not about calling yourself a particular name or going through some particular ritual. It’s much more personal than that.
Vic Mignogna -
Christianity, like most religions, works with fear. Sins can be confessed and you are 'Clean again' and can start to sin again without thinking about your old sins. We believe that people should ask themselves why they sinned. They should show some responsibility.
Lesley Lawson -
Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable?
John Kenneth Galbraith