John Maynard Keynes Quotes

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

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• Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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• I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
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• I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.

  

  Aaron Levie
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• Women's inclusion in the economy is one of the most important issues in Israel.

  

  Ofra Strauss
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• The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.

  

  Valentino Rossi
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• The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it.

  

  Ikue Mori
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• The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.

  

  J. M. Coetzee
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• For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.

  

  Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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• A lot of the time we think finances are immediately linked to experience, opportunities, image, and all sorts of important things that can progress us in life. Sometimes they're not. Finances can be completely irrelevant if you allow yourself to feel like things are going well.

  

  Natalia Kills
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• How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.

  

  Patrick Ness
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• It's important to have good tunes, but words are the thing for me.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
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• There is not one description of beauty - that in fact it has different faces, different stories, and different background, and it's important to embrace all of those.

  

  Halima Aden
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• It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.

  

  Sadie Frost
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• I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

  

  A. E. van Vogt
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• A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.

  

  M. J. Rose
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• Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

  

  A. C. Benson
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• I think it's very important for both women and men to see women working in a variety of capacities.

  

  Maggie Hassan
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• I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.

  

  Washed Out
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• The biggest things in life are not materials.

  

  Carlos Slim
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• I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.

  

  Malcolm X
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• When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich.

  

  Maya Angelou
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• Every cell in your body contains the same genetic information.

  

  Chris Toumazou

• No one like crying, but tears water our souls. So, perhaps my thanks should be to allow you to cry for the Chinese women in my books.

  

  Xinran
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• By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
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