John Maynard Keynes Quotes
There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.
Quotes to Explore
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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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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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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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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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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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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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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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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Just because scientists have the knowledge to do it, the technology to do it, and some may even have a financial motive or other incentive to do it, does not make it right.
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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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Writing is something I've always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.
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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 don't know if I expected to be a captain of an All-Star team. It's pretty cool.
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When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.
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I apologize for the song 'Everything Is Awesome.'
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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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We've just got to keep it going until he can get back in the right frame of mind, which he's not going to do in the next two months, regardless. I don't care what anybody says. He's going to be able to hide it, but it's going to be very difficult for him to get back to the right frame of mind.
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There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.
