Pankaj Mishra Quotes
Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. After that he became less and less, until he was... nothingness.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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I'm not afraid of the Canadian tuxedo.
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'Is it a wicked thing, then?''I should call it a misunderstanding, rather. A misunderstanding of life. Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be neither separated, nor mixed.'
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I betrayed Gutenberg for McLuhan long ago.
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Gracefulness cannot subsist without ease; delicacy is not debility; nor must a woman be sick in order to please. Infirmity, and sickness may excite our pity, but desire and pleasure require the bloom and vigor of health.
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Our nation's infrastructure needs are tremendous, and they're growing.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
