John Maynard Keynes Quotes

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

John Maynard Keynes

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• I got to work with legendary director Garry Marshall.

  

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• This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.

  

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• I don't feel like sitting around doing nothing would benefit me.

  

  Calvin Johnson
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• We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.

  

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• Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns.

  

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• I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
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• In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.

  

  Taylor Spreitler
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• Many young adults I have communicated with - both in-person and over email - constantly apologize before stating their idea, or finish each sentence with a question. Unfortunately, doing so in business puts you at an immediate disadvantage with your boss and work colleagues.

  

  Dana Perino
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• Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.

  

  Jackee Harry
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• Working from home as a mother is the worst of everything. You don't have clear boundaries. The kids can get used to you going to work; they can't get used to you ignoring them. And work sometimes gets the message you're not as committed.

  

  Karen Finerman
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• During a large disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, warnings get hopelessly jumbled. The truth is that, for warnings to work, it's not enough for them to be delivered. They must also overcome that human tendency to pause; they must trigger a series of effective actions, mobilizing the informal networks that we depend on in a crisis.

  

  Gary Wolf
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• I'm not difficult to work with, trust me.

  

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• It doesn't matter at all for me that I work in hospital or anywhere with limited space. Every day, I'm creating new works with all my might.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
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• On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.

  

  Ignazio Silone
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• Yes, I love the glamour industry. I love the work that I've done so far. But it's not as if I have this biting ambition to be at the top.

  

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• Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.

  

  H. L. Mencken
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• Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

  

  Orson Scott Card
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• Being an entrepreneur does, of course, give you greater freedom than someone who is tied to a fixed work schedule, but you'd be mistaken to think that you're going to have it easier than your 9-5 counterparts.

  

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• Bin Laden studied economics and public administration before he turned to a life of jihad.

  

  Peter Bergen
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• I was swimming in my swimming pool when 'The Secret Lovers' popped entire into my head. I got out, dried off, went upstairs, and finished the book in about 50 days.

  

  Charles McCarry
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• I've often said it: that it is seen to be a place of energy, of excitement, of enthusiasm. That there's something about Ireland.

  

  Enda Kenny
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• I hate going anywhere. I'm really excited to travel and play all these different places, but if I had it my way, I would stay inside, maybe go to the back garden or walk around the corner to the shops. That's it.

  

  Courtney Barnett
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• That which is alive hath known death, and that which is dead can never die, for in the Circle of the Spirit life is naught and death is naught. Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.

  

  H. Rider Haggard
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• Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Work
  • Men
  • Belief