Pico Iyer Quotes

I suppose even when I was growing up, I noticed I was most happy when I was absorbed in something, lost in the moment and forgot the time, whether was conversation, movie, or a game I was playing. That was my definition of happiness. And I was least happy when I was all over the place, distracted and restless.

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• He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • Kind
  • Learn
  • Be kind

• Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • People
  • Country
  • Olympics

• Marxism is an interpretation of history which explains the progress of society as a product of the expansion of the forces of production of the material means of life, that is, the development of economy.

  

  Earl Browder
  • Life
  • History
  • Society

• It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.

  

  Victoria Woodhull
  • Love
  • Christian
  • Difference

• I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Person
  • Type

• One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Time
  • Great
  • Society

• There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Believe
  • History
  • Change

• I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Movie
  • Day
  • Challenge

• Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

  

  Sam Walton
  • Vision
  • Capital
  • Scarce

• In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Believe
  • Food
  • Me

• I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.

  

  Raf Simons
  • She
  • Way
  • Fashion

• I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.

  

  Jack Scalia
  • Remember
  • War
  • Fear

• Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.

  

  Laura Anne Gilman
  • Nature
  • Weather
  • Fruit

• I live in, literally, the same home when I was swiping my first bank card and wondering if I'd have to put back the Charmin. We still don't have a dishwasher. My mom has done all these gardens so now my house looks like the garden shack in the middle of Versailles.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Live
  • Done
  • Home

• Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • Leaving
  • Going
  • Bee

• It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine.

  

  Carlton Fisk
  • Universe
  • Moments
  • Just

• Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Mind
  • Man
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• I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Important
  • Words
  • Prejudice

• I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.

  

  Gary Coleman
  • Money
  • Care
  • Meetings

• It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • First
  • Feet
  • Three

• In the '70s, Florida-style golf communities started to be built for America's baby-boomers who were doing well and taking up the game but couldn't get into exclusive golf and tennis clubs and were looking for a nice place to live and raise their families.

  

  Alex Shoumatoff
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• I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.

  

  David Zucker
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  • Business
  • Political

• Maybe the Lord's word is decisive on that: The poor are always with us. You know, you'll never run out of people, you can help.

  

  Chuck Feeney
  • People
  • Help

• I suppose even when I was growing up, I noticed I was most happy when I was absorbed in something, lost in the moment and forgot the time, whether was conversation, movie, or a game I was playing. That was my definition of happiness. And I was least happy when I was all over the place, distracted and restless.

  

  Pico Iyer
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