Pankaj Mishra Quotes
Countries that managed to rebuild commanding state structures after popular nationalist revolutions - such as China, Vietnam, and Iran - look stable and cohesive when compared with a traditional monarchy such as Thailand or wholly artificial nation-states like Iraq and Syria.
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I had long hair when I was a teenager.
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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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I did ask Matt Damon for his autograph - and I got a picture, too!
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My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
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Growing up in the suburbs, I used to listen to punk rock, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday. And no one from my high school listened to it.
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Golf is not easy.
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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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I'm not a great one for looking back.
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I was always taken in and out of school.
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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
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I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
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If developed countries' citizens want to feel slightly better about their economies' slow growth and high unemployment, they should contemplate how much worse matters could be without the institutions that they have.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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Role models can inspire. Campaigns can motivate. But if we want all girls everywhere to rise up, then we must find them, befriend them and support them.
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I play for India, I play for the 100 million people of my country.
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I'm constantly feeding my metabolism. But at the same time if I want to go one night and have a nice dinner then I won't sweat it the next day.
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There's so many more better TV shows than films coming out, in my opinion.
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Countries that managed to rebuild commanding state structures after popular nationalist revolutions - such as China, Vietnam, and Iran - look stable and cohesive when compared with a traditional monarchy such as Thailand or wholly artificial nation-states like Iraq and Syria.
