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"I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other."
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"You cannot truly know pleasure without pain. You cannot truly know strength without weakness. You cannot truly know joy without sorrow. You cannot truly know hope without despair."
"In light, there is no darkness; and in darkness, there is no light."
"As with most things in life, a healthy balance will keep us on the right path. To avoid too much eye contact or too little, seek to create a comfortable mix. It is generally encouraged to use more eye contact when you are listening and less when you are speaking."
"The absolute value of being neutral is zero."
"There is a law of opposition apparent in all life which guarantees balance and fullness."
"This whole life is an art of knowing when to sit and when to stand up!"
"She tried to think about what lay ahead, but soon gave up. 'Words turn into stone,' Nimit had told her. She settled deep into her seat and closed her eyes. All at once the image came to her of the sky she had seen while swimming on her back. And Erroll Garner's 'I'll Remember April.' Let me sleep, she thought. Just let me sleep. And wait for the dream to come."
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"I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated."
"I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor."
"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."
"So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations."
"But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership."
"It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large."
"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."
"Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries."
"I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other."
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