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Geoff Mulgan has 77 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all…
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Lots of creativity is and should be solitary.
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One of the lessons of history is that even the deepest crises can be moments of opportunity. They bring ideas from the…
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The longer you commute the less happy you're likely to be.
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The central position of finance capital is going to come to an end, and it's going to steadily move to the sides,…
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I'm not saying [economic] growth is wrong, but throughout the years of growth, many things didn't get better. ... If you look…
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Even many of the teenagers who feel confident on navigating the web simply don't have the skills needed to 'write and create'…
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Governments that invest billions in new hardware still find it hard to accept that they might benefit just as much from systematic…
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In every capitalist economy there are anti-capitalist movements, activists, and even political parties; in a way, that there are no longer anti-democratic…
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Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in other fields…
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On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of…
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Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their…
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Polite Conversation 'Tis happy for him, that his father was before him.
— Jonathan Swift
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Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow.
— Jonathan Swift
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I hate polite conversation. I hate it when people stand around and go, 'Hi, how are you?' I hate words that don't…
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Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods…
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while…
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
— Fran Lebowitz
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Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals.
— Geoff Mulgan
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Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that…
— Judith McNaught
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There was a nice dilemma. How does one interject into a polite conversation, "By the way, in case you're ever interested, I…
— Brent Weeks
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…but all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.
— Samuel Beckett
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We all go through a lot in life... some pain are hidden behind our smiles while others hide their behind their polite…
— Mercy Pheona
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