John Maynard Keynes Quotes
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I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter if it's Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic.
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It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
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In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.
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When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.
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Material interests are not the only guiding light.
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There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week.
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In a consumer society, people wallow in things, fascinating, enjoyable things. If you define your value by the things you acquire and surround yourself with, being excluded is humiliating.
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The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
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Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.
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I feel like I'm the only person - or woman, at least - who hasn't read 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
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The next time you find yourself racing quickly down the street, know that you're not only running to your next appointment, you are literally running from contact with your truest feelings, deepest needs and most valuable insights.
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I don't need a fantasy life as once I did. That is the life of the imagination that I had a great need for. Films were the perfect means for satisfying that need.
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If I see something dirty or untidy, I have to clean it up.
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China has set its cultural industries as pillar industries.
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Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.
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I love Janet Jackson and her creative set design.
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I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected.
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Your physicality is this great thing, but it is also the thing that makes you clumsy and limits you in the world, so to speak.
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I'm not one of those who can listen to music and write. I need the door closed. Windows shut. Facing the wall. No birds tweeting, views of nature, and so forth.
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As a kid, I could just pick up melody and harmony instinctively, and that's why I can play lots of instruments.
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There were endless possibilities, not out of reach.
