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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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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Unfortunately, the world has not been designed for the convenience of mathematicians.
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Whenever someone makes out a guest list, the people not on it become officially uninvited, and that makes them the enemies of the invited. Guest lists are just a way of choosing sides.
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We are an indebted family going out for an expensive meal to celebrate getting approved foe a new credit card. It might feel good (at the time), but we're still simply delaying the inevitable.
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The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown.
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There are no limits to the amount of love and wisdom one can take to Heaven.
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Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
