Ha-Joon Chang Quotes
Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.
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I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
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Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.
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It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the most difficult and pivotal periods in modern history. Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end Communism.
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
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I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker.
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The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.
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Hungary is against the export of democracy and opposes migration.
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Whenever I go to L.A., the make-up artist or hairdresser will end up having a conversation about how fat they think they are, and I really just can't take it seriously at all.
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One trap you can fall into when playing someone iconic is to end up doing everything in an iconic way, no matter how pedestrian or mundane that thing is.
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I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.
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The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don't want to end up being alone and I want to do something with my life and I want the name Dobson to remain in everyone's heads. Basically, just to rock and be the best performer I can be, and be true, and be real, and give people the real Fefe, nothing fake, all real.
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Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
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There's very few people - like Shakespeare - who, no matter what, were gonna do what they did. For the rest of us, there's a lot of events that have to happen in order for things to end up the way they are.
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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To help advance democracy, we need to allow for the reunification of Cuban families and the direct sending of remittances to the island's brave dissidents.
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Skating is in my heart, not my head
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I like to challenge myself.
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I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.
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I was already writing 'The Lost Symbol' when I started to realize 'The Da Vinci Code' would be big. The thing that happened to me and must happen to any writer who's had success is that I temporarily became very self-aware.
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Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.
