John Maynard Keynes Quotes

There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.

John Maynard Keynes

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• Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.

  

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• It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project.

  

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• Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

  

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• Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.

  

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• The revolution doesn't always look perfect.

  

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• Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.

  

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• Even though the society that Marx foresaw is far from being an historical reality, Marxism has penetrated so deeply in history that we are all Marxists, one way or another, even unknowingly.

  

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• Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.

  

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• My original aim after 'The X Factor' was to earn enough money in a year to make the whole experience worth it - you know, buy a car, a flat.

  

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• It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.

  

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• I was a war correspondent. I've watched great people crumble under pressure and make bad decisions.

  

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• All my favorite movies are American movies since I was a kid.

  

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• There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Society
  • Currency
  • Basis