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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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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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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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the Ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
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Whatever China I'd been born into, I would probably still have become a painter - I loved sketching portraits as a child, and began art classes at the age 7. But if China hadn't been under Maoist rule, I might never have become a writer.
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I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.
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I'm very blessed that I get to dabble in both music and movies, and as long as people are willing to accept me in both roles, I'll be there.
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As a mom of three young kids, it's difficult to reserve a big chunk of time for shopping, so I try to get my gifts little by little throughout the year. I think this is especially helpful for those of us who are budget conscious.
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My advice on getting a raise is what everybody's advice is: to become a confident negotiator; but that is so hard. My admiration for women who are good at that is unbridled. Women in general have a harder time talking about money with their bosses.
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The CGI landscape is another world. It has its own physical laws; it can defy gravity. But surely the wonder of cinematic space is that it is wedded to reality?
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The most dynamic cities have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time.
