Ivan Krastev Quotes
Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.
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I was initially a leading man, but only on television.
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The feather in your cap is to get a man you love who'll marry you.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.
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I love working in New York.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
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I think I played in Lambeau maybe 14, 15 times. I've played there a lot of times. It's in the teens, double digit. I've had success on that field, won and lost.
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I think a girl looks good when she wakes up with nothing on her face.
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Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
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There are two books that impressed me when I was very young. One was 'The Adventures of Augie March' - the idea of having something so generous, and so adventurous and improvisatory. The other was 'The U.S.A. Trilogy,' by John Dos Passos.
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But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself.
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I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.
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Better trust all, and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart, that if believed Had blessed one's life with true believing.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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It's hard to be serious in life.
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In the torments of the intellect, there is a certain bearing which is to be sought in vain among those of the heart. Skepticism is the elegance of anxiety.
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Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.
