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Zephyr Teachout Quotes

I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot Picture Quote #1

I think that most people have deeply creative sensibilities Picture Quote #1

You can’t just provide power, you also need public education Picture Quote #1

If you think art is a competitive forum, then you’re going to stop doing it if you’re not good. But if it’s not competitive, it’s something that you’ll keep doing Picture Quote #1

One of the most dangerous things about Fox News isn’t that it’s right wing but that it’s nihilistic. It takes away the capacity to believe in politics Picture Quote #1

It’s a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There’s a big dream out there about wind and solar power Picture Quote #1

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Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It’s important for New York, but it’s also important for the country Picture Quote #1

I tend to be a kind of left federalist. There’s a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level Picture Quote #1

I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there’s an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse Picture Quote #1

There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy Picture Quote #1

One of the most dangerous things about Fox News isn’t that it’s right wing but that it’s nihilistic. It takes away the capacity to believe in politics Picture Quote #1

People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they’re lying or not doesn’t matter Picture Quote #1

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It’s a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There’s a big dream out there about wind and solar power Picture Quote #1

What happens in New York affects national policy in very significant ways Picture Quote #1

Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It’s important for New York, but it’s also important for the country Picture Quote #1

Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote Picture Quote #1

I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there’s an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse Picture Quote #1

I’m not from the arts, I’m a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics Picture Quote #1

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What I see increasingly is that companies are playing political roles. We should actually have our research and our laws map that Picture Quote #1

Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it’s easier just to perform Picture Quote #1

Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can’t imagine living without it Picture Quote #1

I feel much more comfortable in politics than I did in book writing. Book writing is so hard. Politics felt easy compared to that Picture Quote #1

There’s a tendency, especially among academics, to see politics as deeply dirty and deeply egotistical Picture Quote #1

History is a series of mistakes. Now the task is to plan for those mistakes so those of us who are populists can actually take over the reins of power when the right mistakes are made Picture Quote #1

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New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York Picture Quote #1

As a school board member, I might have particular views about the ways we might increase the economics curriculum in a local high school, but I’m not sure I should mandate that for the entire country Picture Quote #1

A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics Picture Quote #1

Because jurors have an extraordinary amount of power over the situation and of the people and the story in front of them, they tend to pay pretty intense attention to what’s happening Picture Quote #1

I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around Picture Quote #1

I tend to be a kind of left federalist. There’s a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level Picture Quote #1

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I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) I think that most people have deeply creative sensibilities (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) You can’t just provide power, you also need public education (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) If you think art is a competitive forum, then you’re going to stop doing it if you’re not good. But if it’s not competitive, it’s something that you’ll keep doing (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) One of the most dangerous things about Fox News isn’t that it’s right wing but that it’s nihilistic. It takes away the capacity to believe in politics. (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) It’s a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There’s a big dream out there about wind and solar power. (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It’s important for New York, but it’s also important for the country. (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) I tend to be a kind of left federalist. There’s a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level. (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there’s an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse. (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy. (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) One of the most dangerous things about Fox News isn’t that it’s right wing but that it’s nihilistic. It takes away the capacity to believe in politics (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they’re lying or not doesn’t matter (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) It’s a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There’s a big dream out there about wind and solar power (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) What happens in New York affects national policy in very significant ways (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It’s important for New York, but it’s also important for the country (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there’s an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) I’m not from the arts, I’m a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) What I see increasingly is that companies are playing political roles. We should actually have our research and our laws map that (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it’s easier just to perform (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can’t imagine living without it (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) I feel much more comfortable in politics than I did in book writing. Book writing is so hard. Politics felt easy compared to that (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) There’s a tendency, especially among academics, to see politics as deeply dirty and deeply egotistical (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) History is a series of mistakes. Now the task is to plan for those mistakes so those of us who are populists can actually take over the reins of power when the right mistakes are made (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) As a school board member, I might have particular views about the ways we might increase the economics curriculum in a local high school, but I’m not sure I should mandate that for the entire country (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) Because jurors have an extraordinary amount of power over the situation and of the people and the story in front of them, they tend to pay pretty intense attention to what’s happening (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around (Zephyr Teachout Quotes) I tend to be a kind of left federalist. There’s a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level (Zephyr Teachout Quotes)

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