Pico Iyer Quotes
Not having a car gives me volumes not to think or worry about, and makes walks around the neighborhood a daily adventure.
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future. It's time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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I'm not religious, so theres no church on Sunday.
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As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.
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If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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Almonds can be used in sweet and savory dishes very easily.
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Life, Tavi reflected, seldom makes a gift of what one expects or plans for.
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Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.
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A strange adventure befell me while I was playing my Sonata in B flat minor before some English friends. I had played the Allegro and the Scherzo more or less correctly. I was about to attack the March when suddenly I saw arising from the body of my piano those cursed creatures which had appeared to me one lugubrious night at the Chartreuse. I had to leave for one instant to pull myself together after which I continued without saying anything.
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I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes.
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Not having a car gives me volumes not to think or worry about, and makes walks around the neighborhood a daily adventure.
