John Maynard Keynes Quotes
Those, who are strongly wedded to what I shall call 'the classical theory', will fluctuate, I expect, between a belief that I am quite wrong and a belief that I am saying nothing new. It is for others to determine if either of these or the third alternative is right.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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A monopoly is like running on firm ground. Nothing compels you to move, but if you do, you move forward. The faster you run, the more scenery you see - so you have some incentive to run fast.
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I've seen myself on those lists of the 100 best guitarists, and if they think that I'm that good, thank them. Thank God for them. But I don't think so.
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Liberal democratic states can't remain globally competitive.
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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.
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Divisional exercise is a great game of make-believe.
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My friendships are very important to me.
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I have no skills. I'm bad at most things.
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I think the more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back.
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The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.
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Being a background singer is one thing, but being on stage as the star is something else again. When you walk out there with all those people staring at you, it's like you're naked to the world. And I hate being criticized.
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Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.
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Those, who are strongly wedded to what I shall call 'the classical theory', will fluctuate, I expect, between a belief that I am quite wrong and a belief that I am saying nothing new. It is for others to determine if either of these or the third alternative is right.
