Geoff Mulgan Quotes

Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.

Geoff Mulgan

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I didn't play JV because I went straight to varsity and started as a 10th grader - that was back in the day when you could not play varsity as a ninth grader. I went right from playing junior high football to varsity.

Jim Kelly

DayFootballYouBackPlayRight

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

Jim Valvano

TrustMeThinkThinkingYouBad

I'm proud of all our records. Even the crap ones.

Joe Strummer

ProudRecordsEvenOurCrap

Twenty-seven years incarcerated, his jailer became his best friend. So if you need an example on how we should act and how we should be, then Nelson Mandela is the man to follow.

Jim Brown

FriendBestManBest FriendYouAct

It is one thing to recognise certain potentially useful affinities, and another to act on them.

John Burnham Schwartz

ActUsefulOne ThingThingCertain

Having been through breakups when you get back with the person thinking it's going to work the second time - it never does.

Jeff Baena

WorkTimeThinkingYouBackPerson

Life is pretty surreal and awesome.

Sia

LifeAwesomePrettySurreal

A man can - and should - spend hours trying on jeans and finding the cut for your body type.

Roger Stone

ManFindingTryingBodyYour Body

Guys who go on and on about loving women usually don't.

Michael Keaton

WomenLovingGoWhoGuysAbout

My experience with Dino Jr. proved that making new music was a worthwhile pursuit.

Lou Barlow

MusicExperienceNewPursuitMaking

What makes the Stones' arrogance so divine is that we all believe that long ago and far away they weren't rich and famous but poor and struggling, just like us.

Jon Landau

BelieveRichArroganceFamousLong

Downloading is definitely on the rise, but not because it's free - that's probably third on the list - but because it's immediate and the selection is virtually unlimited.

Don Rose

FreeRiseBecauseThirdUnlimited

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