Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes
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I respect Lady Gaga very much.
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I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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I have a very small public.
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Donald Trump has made it clear that he regards Hungary highly.
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The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.
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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.
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Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.
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My parents were very artistic, but busy.
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Todd and I have a very complementary working style .
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As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.
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Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
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I love Jet Li, but he looks very Chinese, and his English is Chinese-accented. He wouldn't have been the right guy to play a Japanese-American.
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Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.
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I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is.
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In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.
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Xi Jinping is one of the strongest and most capable revolutionary leaders I have met in my life.
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I'm always fascinated by etymology.
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There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests - 'lobbies' they call them in the States.
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I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.
