John Maynard Keynes Quotes
Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
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I never cared about modeling. As a model, you're powerless.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.
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A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common.
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You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.
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I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government.
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That's one thing the musicians don't remember: you don't choose your demographic - they choose you.
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'To Die For,' with Nicole Kidman, is great - her desire to be a part of news, how she uses news to further her career and how it can drive you insane. I love that movie.
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When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.
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You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
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I find L.A. kind of romantic, actually. As a movie junkie, it's a city that was built by the movies. There's something really weird and surreal about it that I find energizing.
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Man's greatest concern is to know how he shall properly fill his place in the universe and correctly understand what he must be in order to be a man.
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Circumcision in the United States is routinely performed without anesthesia, though anesthesia reduces the infant's stress and prevents infection and blood clots.
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Now is the only thing that exists.
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The smallest changes, like I stopped eating meat and I've been doing different kinds of exercise like Yoga and stuff like that, little changes have made me feel a bit more at peace I think.
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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
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Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
