"Advisers who think that they are very clever while all around them are a bit thick, and that all the problems of the world would be solved if the thick listened to the clever, are liable to be disappointed."

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Geoff Mulgan

#Clever Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.”

Source : "The Artist: the silent film they said no one wanted to see". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2011.
“I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.”
“A people may become great through many means, but there is only one measure by which its greatness is recognized and acknowledged. The final measure of the greatness of all peoples is the amount and standard of the literature and art they have produced.... No people that has produced great literature and art has ever been looked upon by the world as distinctly inferior.”
“The autobiographical self is built on the basis of past memories and memories of the plans that we have made; it's the lived past and the anticipated future.”
“The stronger Hillary is, the weaker she is. The more she seems like a likely presidential winner, the more difficult the senate race becomes in New York. It's perfect.”
“To have somone hold you could be the greatest medicine of all.”
“I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.”

Source : Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. August 25, 2011.
“In truth, women are the strong ones.”

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