Chrystia Freeland Quotes
This is the 21st-century paradox: Even as political democracy has become the intellectual default mode for much of the world, the private sector usually trumps the public one when it comes to accommodating consumer choice.
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People take things so seriously.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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I love football, football is my life.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
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Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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You go to a technology conference or an engineering conference, there are very few women there. At the same time it's a blessing in the fact that you do get noticed. People tend to remember you as the only woman in the room 'who said that', or the only woman in the room who was an engineer.
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In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy.
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Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.
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A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want to or not. It calls you back.
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The 'Black Panther' series was never really about the Black Panther at all. The State Department guy, Everett K. Ross, was the series protagonist, so politics was simply a logical part of the character's tool set.
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I once dated a girl that was wild. She was so wild that one night she gave her phone number to the mechanical bull.
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This is the 21st-century paradox: Even as political democracy has become the intellectual default mode for much of the world, the private sector usually trumps the public one when it comes to accommodating consumer choice.
