John Maynard Keynes Quotes
Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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It is important to note that there exist vast gender differences in the global role of papillomaviruses in human cancers. This is mainly due to the role of this virus family in the induction of cancer of the cervix.
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When we were kids, growing up in the sixties, the only images we had of ourselves were either still photographs or 8mm movies.... Now we have video, digital cameras, MP3s, and a million other ways to document ourselves. But the still photograph continues to hold a sense of mystery and awe to me.
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When I was 13, I was flat as a board and totally unhappy about it. I would write in my diary every day, Oh, if I could just have a B cup by summer! I actually prayed for big boobs. So I developed at about 14, and then I was 15, 16, 17, and they kept going.
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Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.
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We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.
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Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.
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Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
