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.Pankaj Mishra
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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.
Zoe Kazan -
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.
Earl Warren -
You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
Parker Posey -
The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.
Irving Paul Lazar -
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.
Adam Levine Maroon 5 -
Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
Garry Kasparov
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I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.
Yohan Blake -
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.
Barack Obama -
Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
Yair Lapid -
Ill give you a definite maybe.
Samuel Goldwyn -
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.
Viktor Orban -
People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.
Barack Obama
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God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
Federico Fellini -
Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.
Narendra Modi -
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.
Abdurrahman Wahid -
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.
Taylor Swift -
And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
Tanya Tucker -
I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.
Ziggy Marley
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The first dress that I wore in the Spice Girls, which everybody thought was a little black Gucci dress, was actually from Miss Selfridge - it wasn't a little black Gucci dress.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.
Samuel Goldwyn -
The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.
Kristi Yamaguchi -
I never have a bad night, bad day, bad moment.
Nina Hagen -
Anytime that knowledge and a version of the truth are considered to be absolute, fundamentalism is the result, whether the arena is Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any other religious faith, as well as atheism, conservative or liberal political views, even evolution or intelligent design. Anytime our minds are closed and there is no room for dissent, we are on a slippery slope towards stagnation.
Carlton Pearson -
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.
Pankaj Mishra