Pico Iyer Quotes
When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and actually running away from your parents and your home and what you grew up with. Of course, as the years go on, we come to find that we become our parents.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
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Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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I don't like controversy.
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I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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Really, of all the important mission responsibilities assigned to United States Strategic Command by the president, none is more important than our responsibility to deter a strategic attack on the United States and our allies and partners.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically part of the fabric now, what's become no more than a joke... and so on. It's just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research.
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Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.
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I think it's good if areas get upgraded and gentrified, as long as the people who always lived there can stay. But they get pushed out to some place.
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We run to win, not just to be in the race.
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If my parents ever had to ground me, they didn't really know what that would mean, because I was inside most of the time anyway.
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I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.
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The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff 'cause they played two verses, then go off and jam for 20 minutes, come back and do a chorus and end. And I love the live jam stuff, the improvisation.
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I've always looked old for my age.
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I did my dissertation on the idea of femininity and women's writing, so I spent eight months reading about how women are portrayed in the media in terms of images and tone of voice and what words are used.
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I loved Luke Skywalker and I loved Darth Vader and I loved watching them work it out.
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When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and actually running away from your parents and your home and what you grew up with. Of course, as the years go on, we come to find that we become our parents.
