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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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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Don't ever call a guy first. The thing they want the most is whatever they can't have. It sounds really juvenile, but it works.
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The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
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I used to never miss the 'New Yorker' or 'New York.' Now I never bother.
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Does a population have informed consent when a ruling minority acts in secret to ignite a war, doing this to justify the existence of the minority's forces? … failure to provide full information for informed consent on such an issue represents an ultimate crime.
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No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task of making your own bread.
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I was born on 7 September 1917 at Sydney in Australia. My father was English-born and a graduate of Oxford; my mother, born Hilda Eipper, was descended from a German minister of religion who settled in New South Wales in 1832. I was the second of four children.
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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.
