Pico Iyer Quotes
Wherever we are, any time of night or day, our bosses, junk-mailers, our parents can get to us. Sociologists have actually found that in recent years Americans are working fewer hours than 50 years ago, but we feel as if we're working more. We have more and more time-saving devices, but sometimes, it seems, less and less time.Pico Iyer
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
Damien Hirst -
The world needs some help.
Zac Brown Band -
Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
Mallory Ortberg -
The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
Udonis Haslem -
I'm a proud family man.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
Halsey -
I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
Nathan Lane -
Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
Gail Collins -
In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
Abraham Verghese -
To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
La'Porsha Renae -
I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
Bebe Neuwirth
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
Jack Bruce Cream -
Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
Gavin Newsom -
The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
Bashar al-Assad -
I do not like violence.
Abdurrahman Wahid -
'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
Rachel Kushner -
The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
Ogden Nash
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These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message.
Galen Rowell -
In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.
Kim Campbell -
If there is evidence that an employee has broken the law, caused harm to veterans, or have violated the public trust, they should be terminated immediately. Instead, due to overly cumbersome and lengthy arbitrations as well as extensive bureaucratic red tape, VA has not been able to remove employees as quickly as we would have liked.
David Shulkin -
Playing President Clinton (in Primary Colors) was risky and challenging. Some people thought Saturday Night Fever was risky, because no one had danced in movies for years.
John Travolta -
Wherever we are, any time of night or day, our bosses, junk-mailers, our parents can get to us. Sociologists have actually found that in recent years Americans are working fewer hours than 50 years ago, but we feel as if we're working more. We have more and more time-saving devices, but sometimes, it seems, less and less time.
Pico Iyer