John Maynard Keynes Quotes
If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.
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Think and grow rich.
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I love working the legislative process.
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People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'
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Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
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I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster.
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.
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The coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are coming of age - when you are going through something like that - the genre is so meaningful.
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I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.
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There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday.
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I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother.
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I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.
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Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
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In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.
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I'm an optimistic person, and I tend to bury my cynicism in what I read and the movies I watch. My optimism holds that the good guys eventually come out on top.
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It's not always enough to be brave, I realized years later. You have to be brave and contribute something positive, too. Brave on its own is just a party trick.
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Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
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My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater.
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'Provenance' is more than a multimedia concert. It's a journey that unifies cultures through music, theater and beautiful visuals.
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If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.
