John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes
In dealing with Mr. Nixon, it is not easy to be unfair. He invites and justifies all available criticism.
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Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage.
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I don't think things have changed for me. Yes, I got a big contract, but my focus is still the same.
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China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself.
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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity.
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People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.
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When a producer like Prasad, who knows people's pulse, is ready to try something new, why not me?
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I wasn't very ambitious as a child. I'm still not.
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Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
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Everyone wants to be famous; so do I. But I cannot lose sleep over it.
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As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination.
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My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.
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If, by chance, you were to meet me at the Casablanca airport or on a boat sailing from Tangiers, you would think me self-confident, but I am not. Even now, at my age, I am frightened when crossing borders because I am afraid of failing to understand strangers.
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I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong.
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I'm from a family of teachers. My father would drown me in the bathtub if my daughter didn't graduate from college. I don't care who she is or what she does. Just get the diploma.
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Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.
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Don't ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after you've spent a lot of time with it.
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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending
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The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition.
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All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science.
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The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too.
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In dealing with Mr. Nixon, it is not easy to be unfair. He invites and justifies all available criticism.
