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A businessman who reads Business Week is lost to fame. One who reads Proust is marked for greatness.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Age: 97 †
Born: 1908
Born: October 15
Died: 2006
Died: April 29
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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked.
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Preservationists are the only people in the world who are invariably confirmed in their wisdom after the fact.
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People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.
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