Pankaj Mishra Quotes
German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.
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'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.
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If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were conversing on their violations of the law, then liberty will soon be dead in this nation.
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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.
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In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.
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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
Garry Kasparov -
I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.
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One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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Ill give you a definite maybe.
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When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.
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People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.
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God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
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Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.
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Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.
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The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.
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Well first of all, I'd just like to say that 2005 was a great year, if you like swimming through crap.
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So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I feel like the people that put on the Dupont show, like maybe my artistic effort is going to be a little different.
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Miss Marshall spent her life daring those more powerful than her to swat her down. The hell of it was, her determination was some kind of contagion. He could feel it infecting him, making him believe. Making him tell himself lies like 'I could do some good' and 'I want her forever'.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
