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“The medium's gaze is brief, intense, and promiscuous. The shelf life of the moral causes it makes its own is brutally short.”

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Michael Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff is a prominent Canadian politician, scholar, and writer. He has held several academic and public positions and is well-regarded both in Canada and internationally. more

“It was Reagan who began the realignment of American politics, making the Republicans into internationalist Jeffersonians with his speech in London at the Palace of Westminster in 1982, which led to the creation of the National Endowment for Democracy and the emergence of democracy promotion as a central goal of United States foreign policy.”

States Goal United United States Democracy Policy Creation Republican Speech London Foreign Policy American Politics Promotion Palaces Emergence Endowment Westminster

Author:Michael Ignatieff

“Crikey means gee whiz, wow! Crikey, mate. You're far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the producers and all those sharks in the big MGM building.”

Mean Bigs Building Western Producers Executives Mates Wow Sharks Crocodiles Rattlesnakes Mgm Crocs

Author:Steve Irwin

“I think there's something spiritual in a very day-to-day, mundane existence. It's impossible to articulate, and it's happening now, almost like a perverse secret. . . . That's always sort of fascinating to me.”

Thinking Spiritual Secret Existence Impossible Happenings Fascinating Day To Day Mundane

Author:Miranda July

“I'm totally not kidding. Life is too short. This is all too hard to do to actually be kidding about the whole thing.”

Hard Whole Life Is Too Short Life Is Too Short

Author:Miranda July

“Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute.”

Play Teach Pigs Flutes Wot

Book:The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4

Source: The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4

“If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.”

Ifs Needs Doe Today Hero Tomorrow Today Not Tomorrow

Book:The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4

Source: The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4

“You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man.”

Men Pigs Silk

Book:The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series

Source: The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series

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