- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics Quotes
Voices on ideology, debate, and public life.
These politics quotes range from a personal statement linking radical belief to the character of one's work, to an observation that casual conversation about politics rarely gets taken too seriously. Together they capture politics as something people engage with unevenly, with real distance between everyday talk and lasting conviction.
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- Expect
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lack of ambition in politics in terms of what we expect from the government, what it means to have a state.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before I went to work for 'Playboy,' I planned to apply to Yale to get a public policy master's. I felt drawn to go into politics. Even before that, my dream was to wind up either in the Senate or on the Supreme Court. I had big dreams as a little girl.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
A deep appreciation for politics comes from empathy for our fellow human beings and their diverse paths through life.
- Hungry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know the politics of Hollywood. Am I hungry for great material? Every actor is. How I can get to it, that's another story.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religious humor is not really my area, so I probably wouldn't do anything about that, or politics or something.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present.
- Axiom
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's an axiom I live by: 'There is no art without politics.' You either choose to engage it, or you choose political apathy. This ties in with ideas around real-time performance and feedback.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020