Geoff Mulgan Quotes
Everyone knows of great projects that were too dependent on a charismatic individual, or simply too expensive to be replicated.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. It really is what makes a great photographer, every bit as much as understanding composition and lighting.
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I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.
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Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.
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I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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Military is a great place for a jock. That's the first thing they test you, they test you physically. If you can run, if you can do the pushups, it's not as hard a transition. If you can't do that, you're going to have a problem because they're going to really work it out of you or work it into you.
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When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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I learned a lot from Dick Wolf. I'll always remember playing that character because it was such a good character. It was great to be able to be a character like that for television. I think the thing that I'll bring from the whole experience, the whole 10 years, is I had never been interested in the television business before.
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I have a great plain blue shirt from APC, and a denim one from Dolce that I wear constantly. It's hard to find the perfect denim shirt, but this is it.
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'Alias' was very action-packed. 'G.I. Joe' and 'Conan' were very action-packed. It's been established that I can do action, which is great, but now I may just want to make out with a really hot guy.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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I done made music with Makonnen, Frank Ocean. We all make great music.
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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
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One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series.
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It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.
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My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
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I'm so proud of who I am and where I come from and who my father is.
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Arendt did have a certain snobbishness, though in some of her writing she expressed more democratic attitudes.
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Everyone knows of great projects that were too dependent on a charismatic individual, or simply too expensive to be replicated.
