George Packer Quotes
A religion is not just a set of texts but the living beliefs and practices of its adherents.
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I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.
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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.
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This is my life... I mean, maybe I have Rs 100 crore in the bank, sitting comfortably. If that increases to Rs 10,000 crore, what difference does it make to me.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.
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What we have found is that we were the principal mediators in many cases between the Iraqis and their own security forces and their own government, and so you have to almost embrace that role.
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Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.
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In an Indian kitchen, the focus is on getting the job or dish done right in whatever way possible; however, in a French kitchen there's a clear hierarchy, and a chef has to know where their skills are and not go beyond them.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.
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I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.
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I handle screenings and award ceremonies really badly.
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I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium.
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The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.
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A man´s taste is formed more by his culture, his profession, and the period in which he is young than by his race or politics.
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Journalism is a good place for any writer to start - the retailing of fact is always a useful trade and can it help you learn to appreciate the declarative sentence. A young writer is easily tempted by the allusive and ethereal and ironic and reflective, but the declarative is at the bottom of most good writing.
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Ambedkar was the first person to attain escape velocity and run away to US.
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If there's a particular problem that Perl is trying to solve, it's the basic fact that all programming languages suck. Sort of the concept of original sin, applied to programming languages.
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One of the challenges of innovation is challenging a set model. A traditional way to manufacture footwear existed for hundreds of years. Now we have a whole new way.
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There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day!
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Men's requirements of women are impossible and ridiculous and so destructive.
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I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real foundation of any serious and original school of composition to be developed in the United States.
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Once, when I got some of the songs back from him, it was around Christmas time, and it was the best Christmas present I could have wished for -- really, really exciting.
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A religion is not just a set of texts but the living beliefs and practices of its adherents.
