Chrystia Freeland Quotes
The triumph of economic liberalization has coincided with a sharp increase in income inequality.
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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I made some good pictures, and I made some bad ones. I wasn't trying to build an image, though; I was trying to build a life for myself.
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In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
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Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
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There's fears in everyone's job. Ours are in the limelight, and people think we're incredibly privileged or nuts to do what we do for a living.
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All I can say is, I don't encourage younger kids to read my books, and actually, the biggest age group on my Facebook page is 25- to 35-year-old women.
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I do probably come down a little hard on a group of people I call the 'blue chip gays.' I mean people who have managed to become very, very famous and are still very famous partly through staying in the closet, like Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, Susan Sontag, Harold Brodkey and others.
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There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.
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The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
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I do still read comics since I started writing for DC, but nowhere near as much as I used to, and I'm finding now that it's becoming harder to read comics as a consumer, so I think I'll have to make the call there and stop reading them.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.
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I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.
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The danger is not so much in the economic structure of a society but in its intellectual structure.
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Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes.
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The triumph of economic liberalization has coincided with a sharp increase in income inequality.
