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I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody. ↗

— Stephen King

#anybody #day #distrust #enough #get

The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#beautiful #capitalism #decadent #deliver #found

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#avarice #every #fair #foul #gods

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#construction #creation #get #less #love

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#any #avoidance #carries #intellectual #only

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#defeat #envelope #forces #future #ignorance

If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#bathroom #cry #go #i #i can

But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#fell #first #i #knew #love

A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#also #eyes #favorite #first #just

I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#done #fame #good #half #his