Pico Iyer Quotes
I remember how, in the corporate world, I always knew there was some higher position I could attain, which meant that, like Zeno's arrow, I was guaranteed never to arrive and always to remain dissatisfied.Pico Iyer
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
Vaughn Monroe -
It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
Malcolm Forbes -
Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
Rabih Alameddine -
I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
Caitlin Doughty -
I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
J. Robert Oppenheimer -
The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.
Rachel Kushner -
I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
Laura Dern -
It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
Umberto Eco -
There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
Rachel Field -
I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
Lady Gaga -
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
Patrick Wang
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I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni -
In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
Tammy Duckworth -
I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
Kat Graham -
We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.
Samora Machel -
I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
Francesca Annis -
I am an artist who works with Lego.
Nathan Sawaya
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I love Canada. Canada is a great neighbour. Canada has been a great friend and neighbor for many, many years.
Sam Brownback -
I think one of the traps of theater - what makes it so amazing is that it's not able to be mass-produced, but it also makes it hard to get work seen by people because if you're a creator, you do a cabaret or something, and maybe 100 people will see it and then it ends the night that you close it.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger -
As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.
William Wilberforce -
I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.
Eddie Trunk -
Rauner needs to tell Illinoisans what essential health benefits he intends to keep covering in Illinois.
J. B. Pritzker -
I remember how, in the corporate world, I always knew there was some higher position I could attain, which meant that, like Zeno's arrow, I was guaranteed never to arrive and always to remain dissatisfied.
Pico Iyer