Geoff Mulgan Quotes
One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.

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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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We watch our sons go to war, disagree with the rationale for sending them, loathe the men who ordered them to battle, and then, when the veterans come home, beg and plead with the local V.A. to ensure they have access to proper care.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.
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I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
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I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.
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My dad showed me loads of films when I was young, but I never thought I would be in movies. That didn't seem like a real job to me.
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I like the tournaments at home. The crowd is always behind you.
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Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branches.
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At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.
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As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
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We can boost our immune systems by strengthening our social networks and decreasing stress.
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One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.