"Everything today is "transient." Technology and its ability to empower actors large and small evolve so quickly that we have to get used to living in a world that exists in a more or less constant state of flux."

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Source : "A World Without Leadership: Ten Questions with Ian Bremmer (Part 1)". Interview with Ali Wyne, bigthink.com. May 6, 2012.

Ian Bremmer

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“Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.”

Source : Ken Auletta, Terence Smith, John W. Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics & Democracy, University of Notre Dame (2005). “Whom do journalists work for?”
“The worker is far more important to our Lord than the work.”
“The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.”

Source : Ethel Wilson (1990). “Love and Salt Water”, New Canadian Library
“To understand my feelings â€” and my conception of the role of Secretary General â€” the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood. I should therefore like to outline not only my beliefs but also my conception of human institutions and of the human situation itself.”
“The thing about lying is, it is quite exhausting - you have to remember a lot.”
“The trouble with everything, these days, for me, is time. There is only one me. There are a ridiculous number of demands on my time. There are so many things I'm trying to do. It's so much more about when I'm going to get time to do it, if I get time.”
“NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.”
“I was diagnosed with an early, early stage of prostate cancer. I was almost a vegetarian then. I was heading that direction. What pushed me over the edge, was the doctor who did the diagnosis. He said in a discussion about prostate cancer that he had never seen a vegetarian with prostate cancer. And this is not a holistic doctor, this is a regular, mainstream doctor. And I was just blown away.”

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