"Politics is rather the creation of the best possible polity out of the deep inner needs of its citizenry - who are only some of its members."

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Source : Mark Kingwell (2000). “The World We Want: Restoring Citizenship in a Fractured Age”, p.38, Rowman & Littlefield

Mark Kingwell

#Needs Quotes #Creation Quotes #Members Quotes

“All the stream that's roaring by Came out of a needle's eye....”
“I cannot figure out what Dadaism is. But if the baroness is to be a keystone for it, then I think I can possibly know when it is coming and how to avoid it.”
“I held his gaze. I could see the storm in his eyes. I knew he was confused. I could see the fear. Then there was the love. I saw it. The fierceness in his eyes. I believed it. I could see it clearly. But it was too late now. The love wasn't enough. Everyone always said that love was enough. It wasn't. Not when your soul was shattered.”
“I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid.”
“Incidentally, part of a photographerâ€™s gift should be with people. You can do some wonderful work if you know how to make people understand what youâ€™re doing and feel all right about it, and you can do terrible work if you put them on the defense, which they all are at the beginning. Youâ€™ve got to take them off their defensive attitude and make them participate.”
“Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was focused on. I'm just enjoying skating. This is the best season ever. I think that this year, my 3,000 meters has been stronger than the 1,500. The 1,500 has been anybody's race this year. When I was first, I still didn't know if that was enough.”
“I took the two most expensive aspirins in history.”
“Americans are just about the worst at dealing with long-term problems, down there with Uzbekistan, but they respond to a market signal better than almost anyone. They roll the dice bigger and quicker than most.”

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