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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People talk about PlayStations, video games, social network and Twitter; I can't handle it.
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There are certain cities around the world where it's possible to learn about tomorrow's technology as it's being developed today.
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The chief requirement of the good life... is to live without any image of oneself.
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I think the fans of the old-school Internet shorts were a little bit older just because it was racier material.
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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.
