Chrystia Freeland Quotes
If you believe in democracy, the overreach of leaders is a good reminder that vigorous public debate and time-consuming due process are not only more fair and more just, but that over the long term they usually produce better government, too.
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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I'm attracted to stories that excite my imagination, stories that, as I'm reading the script, I feel it, I can see it, I can hear the characters. I'm attracted to characters that are real, that tap into something inside me that I haven't explored yet.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream.
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It infuriates me that when people forget what it's like not to be a Christian, and they get into other people's face about their life or their beliefs. It's amazing to me that people feel their relationship is so solid with God that they have enough time on their hands to question mine or to fix mine.
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The man you love cooking for you is good for you too.
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On the Vietnam War: I've lived under situations where every decent man declared war first and I've lived under situations where you don't declare war. We've been flexible enough to kill people without declaring war.
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If you believe in democracy, the overreach of leaders is a good reminder that vigorous public debate and time-consuming due process are not only more fair and more just, but that over the long term they usually produce better government, too.
