Michael Ignatieff Quotes

What's distinctively shocking about Machiavelli is that he didn't care. He believed not only that politicians must do evil in the name of the public good, but also that they shouldn't worry about it. He was unconcerned, in other words, with what modern thinkers call 'the problem of dirty hands.'

Michael Ignatieff

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I'm a flash in the pan: a novelty.

Joe Wurzelbacher

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I was part of the generation that was supposed to become doctors.

Robert Picardo

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He'll likely be remembered as a political figure, but I don't recall Andrew Breitbart ever mentioning electoral politics. It bored him.

Tucker Carlson

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Every time I dive, I feel an adrenaline rush like I did that first time. Until my body fails on me, I will keep going.

Tom Daley

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I am concerned that the vague guidelines and policies used by the NSA for intelligence collection and sharing, in conjunction with elusive direction from the Administration, have led to intelligence being collected on sitting members of Congress for political purposes.

Ron DeSantis

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Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.

Judith Viorst

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I find a tremendous receptivity among the public for the subject matter of, 'Where did we come from and how did we get here?' People are thirsty and hungry for information on our origins. I feel a responsibility as a major figure in the area... to convey to the public the knowledge of human origins in a way that is understandable to them.

Donald Johanson

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My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.

Dean Norris

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I think my career would probably be in a better place had I been more aggressive. But I don't have it in me. I'm not a competitive person, and I'm also really private.

Debi Mazar

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I always say I should do more yoga. Or do yoga - more would mean I do some. I've done none. But I always want to do yoga because I'm getting old. Nerves are getting pinched every other day, and I really just gotta get more limber.

Chris Evans

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All they teach you in drama school is how to do stage fights and be a pain in rehearsals.

Craig Ferguson

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I've been auditioning since I was 20, working as a waiter, getting theater gigs, doing the 'Law and Order's.

Pedro Pascal

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