Eduardo Paes Elected representatives are so embedded in the basic notion of what constitutes a democratic nation that it has become indistinguishable from any other form of democratic governance. – Eduardo Paes Basic Quotes Constitutes Quotes Democratic Quotes Elected Quotes Embedded Quotes Form Quotes Governance Quotes Indistinguishable Quotes Nation Quotes Notion Quotes Representatives Quotes What we are witnessing is the birth of something I call ‘Polisdigitocracy.’ This is a form of government that counts participation and transparency as its cornerstones and uses technology as its guide. The digital revolution is allowing democracy to recall its foundations and evolution is modernizing and reinforcing our fundamental values. Rio will have to look after the legacy of infrastructure. But it’s unclear who will run the sports centres after the Olympics.
Julie Sweet If you aspire to senior leadership, you’re going to have to work hard. That doesn’t mean you have to give up everything. – Julie Sweet
Joshua Cohen Taking trains and trams in Berlin, I noticed people reading. Books, I mean – not pocket-size devices that bleep as if censorious, on which even Shakespeare scans like a spreadsheet. – Joshua Cohen
Anders Holm I had the pleasure of working for Hart Hanson as the writers’ assistant on the Fox show ‘Bones.’ He was always willing to take five minutes in the kitchen and answer questions I had about writing and the business. Looking back now, I realize he might have just been politely waiting for the coffee to brew. – Anders Holm
Boutros Boutros-Ghali The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador. – Boutros Boutros-Ghali
DJ Qualls I grew up in a town with no movie theater. TV was my only link to the outside world. Film wasn’t such a big deal to me. It was TV. So much so, that when I meet TV stars now… Not my co-workers, but real TV stars, I get nervous. I freak out around them. – DJ Qualls
John Green We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, ‘I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.’ – John Green
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