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" Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not. "
John Kenneth Galbraith
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" The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. "
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" Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does. "
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" In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof. "
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" The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture. "
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" In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. "
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" All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. "
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" There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose. "
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" You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too. "
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" Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence. "
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" The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo. "
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" If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. "
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" A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions. "
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