Geoff Mulgan Quotes
The most dynamic cities have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time.
Quotes to Explore
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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I feel like we can learn from each other by us, being the young generation, giving knowledge to the older guys.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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I can speak a little bit of Hindi but understand every word.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system.
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I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny but distracting – if I'm online, I'm surfing, which means I'm distracted from the podcast. So it's a form that doesn't really work for me.
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I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
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We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the manager of the wool scour there. And, Ilfracombe was right at the heart of Australia's great wool industry, and my mother was a teacher at Winton.
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When I returned to the United Kingdom, I found that I could no longer justify Islamist extremism as the antidote.
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Vast areas are witness to the struggles of destitute populations trying to survive under unlivable conditions.
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I'd like to give people leaden boots in galleries, so they'd be a bit slower in front of my paintings. And that's because I spend so much time looking at them. I can look at them a long, long time without getting bored. I disappear.
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I've gone the full spectrum - from gospel to blues to jazz to soul to pop - and the public has accepted what I've done through it all. I think it means I've been doing something right at the right time.
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I'm not graceful.
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The most dynamic cities have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time.
