Pico Iyer Quotes

To see the Persia of poets and painters, hiding in plain sight behind the much-maligned Iran of our newspaper headlines, would be my fondest wish.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: February 11, 1957

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The way we approached Meru, and the way we approach a lot of these mountains, is with humility. A sense of, 'Is it going to give us passage?' Your mental attitude can affect the outcome.

Jimmy Chin

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People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are.

Jim Woodring

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I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.

Michael Cera

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I started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon's Gymnastix in Houston, and that's how I got started.

Simone Biles

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I have always been restless, had a lot of energy.

Riz Ahmed

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I always wanted that house where everybody wants to go, full of energy, dogs, music, fun.

Rob Lowe

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My father was a freelance writer/director/producer, and my mother was a stewardess for Pan-Am. It was very non-traditional.

Jason Bateman

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As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at the sound board of the venue.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

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Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.

Dennis Prager

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If I had a nickel for every time someone asked, 'When are you doing an album?' My career is way too transparent to do say, 'Guess what - I've got 16 tracks you've never heard!'

Deadmau5

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You don't need to be stable to be a stand-up comedian.

David Steinberg

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I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.

Clint Eastwood

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