Geoff Mulgan Quotes

The biggest barrier to dealing with climate change is us: our own attachment to habits that are hard to shift, and our great ability to park or ignore uncomfortable choices.

Geoff Mulgan

Recitation: by Male by Female

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ChangeGreatChoicesUncomfortable

Friends often tell me how much their grandchildren enjoy 'Are You Being Served?' It doesn't matter that they were not even born when it was broadcast, or that they belong to a very different world.

Jeremy Lloyd

MeWorldFriendsEnjoyYouBorn

Still, most people don't have much money. So finding ways to come out a couple of thousand dollars ahead every year still matters.

Andrew Tobias

MoneyPeopleFindingYearAheadOut

I have a Viking stove. The color is butter lemon, and I had to wait several months for it, because that color wasn't available and I really wanted butter lemon! But I don't know that it's seriously ever been cooked on. I mean, I make tea every morning. Does that count?

Andy Cohen

MorningTeaWaitColorKnowMean

I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.

Alvar Aalto

CityYouHouseBuildPersonalOpera

I think it's crucial that we remember the lives of people, not their deaths. Our deaths are not our lives.

Ross Gay

PeopleThinkRememberOurI Think

Lizzie Magie was a pretty astonishing woman. She was an outspoken feminist, she had acted, she had done some performing, she had written some poetry, and she was a game designer.

Mary Pilon

WomanPoetryGameDoneShePretty

I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions.

Dick Cheney

RespectThinkDoingBurdenNeed

I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow I'd make a difference.

Christopher Darden

SchoolLawThoughtMake A Difference

Obviously God knew I wasn't going to make it to the NBA as much as I probably believed. This was divine order.

Common

GodOrderDivineNBAGoingKnew

I'm at a place in my life right now where I'm very happy, very content. I'm finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with.

Sheryl Swoopes

LifeLoveHappyMy LifePlaceWant

The TED Fellowship exposed me to a set of youngsters who had wilder ideas than I did - and almost all of them were pursuing their wild and crazy ideas without fear of failure.

Shaffi Mather

FailureFearMeIdeasCrazyWild

I have these guilty pleasures, these failed films that don't work at all, but I'll watch them if they're on. Like 'The Game.'

Shane Black

WorkGameGuiltyWatchPleasures

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