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.

Anand Giridharadas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 27, 1981

Topics

PeoplePrideWeaknessIgnoreYou

In the Sixties, conglomerates were all the rage.

Jim Pattison

SixtiesRageWere

Our past absolutely defines everything we do in the present. We can't help it. We're made by the events of our past, so there's no escaping it.

Andrew Haigh

PastPresentHelpEventsEverything

The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.

Anatoly Karpov

ChangeTimeWaitWorldLongOut

The man is distinguished from the youth by the fact that he takes the world as it is, instead of everywhere fancying it amiss and wanting to improve it, i.e. model it after his ideal; in him the view that one must deal with the world according to his interest, not according to his ideals, becomes confirmed.

Max Stirner

ManYouthWorldViewHimImprove

I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, 'Oh, that was research.'

Matt Groening

MyselfResearchLookBackTelevision

There are always people looking for extra income.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

PeopleLookingAlwaysIncomeExtra

Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not? Here I remain a Marxist: I think not.

Slavoj Zizek

TodayDemocracySocialismSayingYou

Me personally, I don't think I'm even hot enough to be getting dissed.

Tory Lanez

MeThinkEnoughHotEvenPersonally

I'm quite lucky in that at certain angles I look all right, and at others I don't look so good, which enables me to play some leading roles and some stranger, more 'character'-type parts. I wouldn't say I'm the conventional handsome Hollywood leading man.

Tom Riley

GoodManMeHandsomeLookPlay

To be a geisha, you have to have to an iron-clad layer around you - around your physical body and your heart.

Michelle Yeoh

HeartYouBodyYourPhysicalLayer

I have always preferred to keep things to myself rather than sharing them with anyone, but I am learning that if you let it go, you feel better for it. Don't keep it all bottled up inside; don't take it all on alone.

Luis Suarez

LearningAloneMyselfI AmBetter

If I'm going to dress up, I like things that are quite long and classic. I like feeling dressed up and like a lady.

Lorde

DressLadyLongFeelingDressedUp

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