Pico Iyer Quotes
'Globalization' has become the great tag phrase, but when we talk about it, it's nearly always in terms of the global marketplace or communications technology - either data or goods that are whizzing around. We forget that people are whizzing around more and more. On them, it takes a toll.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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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.
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Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.
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Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
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People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
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When you deal with change, you have a couple choices: you can lead it and make the rules, or you can be a fast follower, or you can be a slow follower.
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The people from 'The State' are close friends, but also some of the most incredibly funny people I know.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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The longer you work on something, the more you don't really want to know what the world is going to tell you.
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In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.
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'Globalization' has become the great tag phrase, but when we talk about it, it's nearly always in terms of the global marketplace or communications technology - either data or goods that are whizzing around. We forget that people are whizzing around more and more. On them, it takes a toll.
