John Pilger Quotes
Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates.
Quotes to Explore
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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Going to bed can cause imaginary conversations you should have had with certain people or real conversations with your brother who is calling from a bar in a different time zone.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.
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I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
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The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people.
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Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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I love cheese and biscuits, the stronger the better.
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As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.
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When you start making a movie, people want to know: Who's the star power? And very early, I realized there's not a lot of 26-year-old black actors who have been given the opportunity to be the lead of a film. It's, like, Michael B. Jordan, and then we're done.
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What in the hell would they do with the farm program without us?
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Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates.
