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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.
         

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.


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People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter.



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People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is that? Are they like Aries? Are they like Athena?"



Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.

Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.



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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.



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.

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.



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My current goal is to change the way we think about antitrust and anti-monopoly.



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.

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.



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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.



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There's a tendency, especially among academics, to see politics as deeply dirty and deeply egotistical.



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.

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.





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This page presents the quote "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.". Author of this quote is Zephyr Teachout. This quote is about art is, art, forums, thinking,.