John Maynard Keynes Quotes
Of the maxims of orthodox finance none, surely, is more anti-social than the fetish of liquidity, the doctrine of that it is a positive virtue on the part of investment institutions to concentrate their resources upon the holding of 'liquid' securities. It forgets that there is no such thing as liquidity of investment for the community as a whole.
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I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.
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We would be deliberately violating the fundamental obligations we assumed in the Act of Bogota establishing the Organization of American States.
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I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.
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A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make.
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It is important to point out that the Vatican is not broke ... the Holy See is paying its way, while possessing substantial assets and investments.
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That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.
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I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.
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We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.
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...perhaps the hopes I have confessed to are of an illusory nature, too. But I hold fast to one distinction. Apart from the fact that no penalty is imposed for not sharing them, my illusions are not, like religious ones, incapable of correction.
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Dreading that climax of all human ills the inflammation of his weekly bills.
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I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.
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Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.
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If you talk, you only repeat something that you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something that you don't know.
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I love comedy. I don't think there's enough comedy on stage.
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Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
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Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.
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I'm antisocial - there's no question about it.
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Woe to that land that's governed by a child.
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There are plenty of maxims in the world; all that remains is to apply them.
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The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.
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There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
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Of the maxims of orthodox finance none, surely, is more anti-social than the fetish of liquidity, the doctrine of that it is a positive virtue on the part of investment institutions to concentrate their resources upon the holding of 'liquid' securities. It forgets that there is no such thing as liquidity of investment for the community as a whole.
