Pico Iyer Quotes
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All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.
Kate Mara -
I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable.
Orlando Bloom -
I cried like a baby. When no one could see me or hear me. Not because I feared what cancer would do, but because I didn't want the disease. I wanted my life to be normal, which it could no longer be.
Yuvraj Singh -
Without a dog, I would have tassels on my throw pillows instead of little stubs of yarn that look like small worms. The pillows seem to function just fine without the tassels, so perhaps it isn't a problem.
W. Bruce Cameron -
For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.
Salma Hayek -
I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.
Ed Balls
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The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.
W. Eugene Smith -
Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job.
Parker Posey -
The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.
A. N. Wilson -
Opinions of language are as interesting as opinions of arithmetic.
P. J. O'Rourke -
'On demand' is more than just a series of clicks on your still-too-complicated remote control. In fact, it is now the best way to describe what the cable industry - from programmers to content makers to distributors - imagine their world is. Services and content available to very demanding consumers, wherever, whenever, however.
Kara Swisher -
It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
Mahatma Gandhi -
If you're having a very high-adrenaline, high-movement experience in virtual reality, and then all of a sudden you're back in your office, that disconnect is pretty notable. Whereas if you're using it for virtual reality teleconferencing... there's really no kind of impact moving back and forth between the real and the virtual world.
Palmer Luckey -
People like passion in politics.
Ed Gillespie -
Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
Getting hurt changed me, he said. Changed my perspective. I've moved on, in a way. Some things have fallen into place that were not there before. I thought they were, but they werent. The best way I can put it is that I've sort of caught up with myself. That's not a bad thing. It was overdue.
Cormac McCarthy -
She thought she kept seeing him because she wanted to see him," Macey explained. "Ooooh," Bex and Liz sighed together. "It's a by-product of very dramatic kissing," Macey went on like a doctor identifying a common side effect.
Ally Carter
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I find it too terrifying to go out in L.A.
George Michael -
I think it's about time! Who cares whether he is looking for votes or not! At least your country is moving forward with the times!
Barack Obama -
Yet when the books have been read, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them
Walter Farley -
Politics has been a roller coaster, but I'll never look back and say, 'Why did I do it?' In fact, if my son decided to join politics tomorrow, he has my full and unconditional support.
Chiranjeevi -
Hello Kitty will never speak.
Pico Iyer