Anand Giridharadas Quotes
I have a weakness for treating people's economic interests as their only interest, ignoring things like belonging and pride and the desire to send a message to those who ignore you.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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We human beings are humane in part because we can look beyond our biology.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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My thinking is lot more different with many actresses in the industry. I don't understand why people in showbiz put their profession of acting in the back seat after marriage.
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I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you don't know what's going on under there.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.
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I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.
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You can't rush the science, but when the science points you in the right direction, then you can start rushing.
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I've never been on a fad diet.
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An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences.
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Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.
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I fantasized being a broadcaster.
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I have a weakness for treating people's economic interests as their only interest, ignoring things like belonging and pride and the desire to send a message to those who ignore you.
