The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

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In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

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There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

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The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

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Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

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A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.

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People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.

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The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

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The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character-building value of privation for the poor.

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There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.

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