Geoff Mulgan Quotes
A modest dose of self-love is entirely healthy - who would want to live in a world where everyone hated themselves? But taken too far, it soon becomes poisonous.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland.
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Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.
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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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Silence on the part of public officials at the national level only serves to empower Islamophobes.
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Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.
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We can't do a modern Batman continually beating up thugs in zoot suits with tommy guns in violin cases. The game has to move on. It has to feel relevant.
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There's a consequence for everything, and that goes back to the Bible for me.
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I've always been a fan of science fiction.
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What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?
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If you want to believe that the government's coming for our guns or that being gay is a choice and a sin or that ObamaCare signals the end of civilization or that cutting taxes for rich people is the path to a better America, that's your choice. I'm never going to believe in any of that.
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The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.
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My life and my happiness is most important to me than any job or anything in the world.
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The right people don't care about a corner office - they care about the culture, if you're mission-driven, what you're going to do to make the world a better place.
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A modest dose of self-love is entirely healthy - who would want to live in a world where everyone hated themselves? But taken too far, it soon becomes poisonous.
