"I think something that's really understudied and misunderstood is the use of information."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Michael McFaul

#Thinking Quotes #Misunderstood Quotes

“To play for Barcelona, means to have an opportunity for a brilliant career. But to reach the top of it, you have to play for Real Madrid.”
“I'm inordinately proud of Smash, on so many levels. The complexity of producing that show, every week, is just incredible. As a television producer and as a Broadway producer, which I once was, I am in awe of what we can do on that show, every week.”
“Kindness comes with no price.”
“I don't think of compassion as sympathy but rather as empathy. An understanding of how people are feeling, which often translates into action.”
“True joy results when we become aware of our connectedness to everything.”

Source : Paul Pearsall (1988). “Super joy: in love with living”, Doubleday Books
“What would it be like to live in a library of melted books. With sentences streaming over the floor and all the punctuation settled to the bottom as a residue. It would be confusing. Unforgivable. A great adventure.”
“I realized going back and writing and explaining in details the difficulties I had lived actually became emotional again. It's like therapy but sometimes therapy can be painful. But it's part of life and part of the autobiography so I'll have to finish it sooner or later.”
“The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues. Too far apart and democracy itself cannot function without the essential exchange of information. Creative leaks, a discreet lunch, interchange in the Lobby, the art of the unattributable telephone call, late at night.”

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