Michael Ignatieff Quotes

When we say, even in a global village, that all politics is local, we mean that national sovereignties are the only reliable source of political authority.

Michael Ignatieff

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Rock and roll kind of screwed up my voice poetically. I found myself having this 'Beat' voice in my poems. It was like this self-fulfilled prophecy because everybody was calling me this rock poet, this Beat poet.

Jim Carroll

MyselfMeVoiceRock And RollRock

I love the TV show, and if you make a bad movie it means you've soiled it. Just like if we made an advert. We were offered so many times and I'd say, look, this is the good thing, and you can't compromise that, because then you compromise the integrity of the characters.

Jennifer Saunders

LoveGoodIntegrityCompromiseLook

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

TimeLightCigaretteFemaleExcuse

It was a privilege to meet Rev. Jackson, and I learned a tremendous amount from his insight.

Travis Kalanick

I AmParentsLos AngelesAmLos

I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.

Robin Wright

YouDownWantSameOutComing

Incrementalism in technology leads to irrelevance; what you need is revolutionary change.

Ruth Porat

ChangeTechnologyYouNeedLeads

I like being part of a team.

Mary Steenburgen

TeamBeingLikePart

I don't want to believe my own hype.

Christina Aguilera

BelieveWantMy OwnHypeOwn

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.

Bob Uecker

WeirdLaughCareerIgnorantAnything

I never thought I would get married and have kids. I thought I was going to be a gypsy actor, traveling all over the world playing the great roles. I ended up having a kid very young, and it put things in perspective.

Bobby Cannavale

GreatPerspectiveWorldThoughtKid

The University of Pennsylvania and my wonderful colleagues in the Department of Religious Studies have been routinely sent hate emails about me. Calls to fire me are numerous. Some have even come from within the university. The Penn Switchboard is flooded with calls, and the more conservative alums threaten to stop contributing.

Anthea Butler

HateFireMeColleaguesStopMore

Trees are great. Don't get me started about how clever they are, how oxygen-generous, how time-formed in inner cyclic circles, how they provide homes for myriad creatures, how - back when this country was covered in forests - the word for sky was an Old English word that meant 'tops of trees.'

Ali Smith

GreatSkyMeTreesBackCountry

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