"Cities simply don't have the powers they need……" — Geoff Mulgan
"Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers."
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77 Quotes by Geoff Mulgan
Geoff Mulgan has 77 quotes on this site.
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Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Governments that invest billions in new hardware still find it hard to accept that they might benefit just as much…
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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…
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Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in…
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On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much…
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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;…
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
— Aristophanes
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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
— Aristotle
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Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one…
— Paul Auster
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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were…
— Karen Armstrong
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I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild…
— Margaret Atwood
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We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.
— Jane Austen
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
— Diane Ackerman
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
— Diane Ackerman
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There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence.…
— Michelle Bachelet
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London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's…
— David Bailey
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My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need…
— Cleveland Abbe
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I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that…
— Alec Baldwin
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