Pankaj Mishra Quotes
The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.Pankaj Mishra
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
Samantha Power -
I like 'MacNeil/Lehrer.'
Parker Posey -
I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
Magnus Larsson -
I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
Ziad Doueiri -
People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Barney Frank -
I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
Abigail Washburn -
I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
Vince Vaughn -
But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
Randy Newman -
I've been things and seen places.
Mae West -
It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I ever have one of those, it will be because it's absolutely the right thing at the moment in the song. I can't just go get a confetti gun.
Victoria Legrand Beach House -
I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
Ilie Nastase
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Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko -
If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
Fat Joe -
Politics is a good thing!
Larry J. Sabato -
I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
J. R. Smith -
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.
Olivier Martinez
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Doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican in Michigan. We want jobs in Michigan.
Debbie Stabenow -
When discussing the rise and fall of empires, it is well to mark closely their rate of growth, avoiding the temptation to telescope time and discover too early signs of greatness in a state which we know will one day be great, or to predict too early the collapse of an empire which we know will one day cease to be. The life-span of empires cannot be plotted by events, only by careful diagnosis and ausculation--and as in medicine there is always room for error.
Fernand Braudel -
I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.
Foxy Brown -
With support from techies, designers, artists and thousands of activists across the country, Black Lives Matter is now an online-to-offline political movement, affirming the humanity and resilience of black communities.
Patrisse Cullors -
Design, refine and repeat, and keep learning all the way along. It sounds bland and pedestrian, but in fact, it's the reverse.
Anouska Hempel -
The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
Pankaj Mishra