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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We live in hope and Russia will do everything it can to ensure that as a result of these talks international security will be strengthened and no harm will be done to anyone's interests
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Any gentleman with the slightest chic will give a girl a fifty dollar bill for the powder room.
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As any successful mad scientist will tell you, energy ain't free. Popular culture tends to forget this, instead focusing on the destructive capabilities of our finely crafted death rays without noting the massive energy expenditures required to use them.
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With things in my personal life, if I talk about it, it doesn't stay personal.
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Paul Ryan and Mr. Trump have had a conversation, and they continue to develop that relationship. They had a great meeting in Washington, D.C., where they talk about what was important to both of them. They agree on many issues.
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If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.
