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John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: american
Birth: October 15, 1908 - April 29, 2006

Topics

Character Building Values Poor Turn

The first real thought that I had of something that I might do was to write for car magazines, because I always had a car thing.

Car Thought Write First Real Always

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

Opportunity American Dream Law You

I don't really have a domestic inclination. Even my apartment has a semblance of a storage facility. It's just stacks, there are no bookshelves, just books and piles of stamp collections and weird little sewing and knitting projects.

Weird Sewing Apartment Storage Just

It's very exciting to feel like a different woman with a new identity.

Woman Identity Feel New Different

I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids' birthday parties.

Birthday I Am You Outfit Know Up

I want to err on the side of constitutional liberty and freedom.

Freedom Liberty Want Side Err

I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.

Love Father Music Soul Early Well

Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.

Life Beauty Without Individual Laws

I like it when people have good flow, but I also like it when people actually say stuff. Because sometimes that's a very good distraction, like, to have impeccable flow, but you're saying a lot without saying anything.

Good People Saying You Sometimes

I knew I really made it when my dad saw me in London and after the performance he had no notes to me and just said 'You are doing your own thing and I am proud of you.'

I Am Me Performance Proud Doing You

Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to listen to them a lot and try to put their voices into their character.

Character Writing Someone Actor Try

Some of the 'worst' red carpet looks of all time, it turns out, were really just ahead of their time.

Time Red Looks Ahead Worst Out

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