John Maynard Keynes Quotes
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
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But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.
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How come I love having an episode of deja vu? It's akin to an out-of-body experience, I would think. It sits with me, happily, begging me to delve into my memory to find its match point.
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As much as we love each other, there is some growing difficulty in my adult relationship with my father. Because we're both writers, we're having a very intimate conversation in a very public forum.
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Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.
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But day in and day out, the most stimulating part of the work is being a member of a team of so many very bright, articulate and talented professionals.
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Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.
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I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot.
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A man is a golden impossibility. The line he must walk is a hair's breadth. The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
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A Gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine.
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He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.
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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
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For remember that in general we don't use language according to strict rules - it hasn't been taught us by means of strict rules, either.
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As a company dedicated to creating fun and affordable toys for children, everyone at Ty is proud to play a small part in helping children in need have a happy holiday. We are proud to be associated with Toys for Tots and congratulate our Marines for a job well done.
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We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
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Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.
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My life is like a lone, forgotten Q-Tip in the second-to-last drawer.
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When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song.
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Business is the salt of life.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
