Pico Iyer Quotes

The first time I stepped onto the rooftop of the Potala Palace in Lhasa in 1985, I felt, as never before or since, as if I was stepping onto the rooftop of my being: onto some dimension of consciousness that I'd never visited before.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeFirst TimeNeverFirstStepping

America is haunted by an apparition steeped in slavery, and I wanted to remind everyone that, 'Yo, we've got to handle this.'

Jidenna

SlaveryAmericaEveryoneHandleGot

I remember when Meryl Streep did an ad for American Express, the press harassed her.

Andie MacDowell

AmericanRememberHerPressDidAd

Racism has always existed, and a big part of it is people just not knowing others. I think humans change other human's minds, and it's hard for someone in the middle of America to hate Syrian refugees if they've been able to befriend them.

Maz Jobrani

ChangeHateRacismPeopleThink

Your face makes my soul want to eat chocolate pudding!

Andy Milonakis

SoulFaceChocolateMy SoulWant

Each piece of content you create should lead your readers further down the path to purchase. Typically, sales and leads won't happen until a prospect has had multiple points of contact with you, so don't expect sales after a single blog post.

John Rampton

PathYouDownCreateSalesSingle

I'm proud that I've even had a career, but 'proud' isn't the first word I'd use. I feel lucky that I moved to Manchester when I was 12 because I don't think I could have done this in Ireland. And I feel lucky that the government took care of me from the age of 16 to when I signed my first record deal at 19.

Roisin Murphy

AgeGovernmentMeProudThinkCare

Eventually we got to a point where 'Riverdale' came along, and it was a character that was originally written white, and I saw this as an opportunity to take a classic American character and make them Asian.

Ross Butler

CharacterOpportunityAmericanWhite

We cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong.

Roxane Gay

IdeasThoughtWrongRightRational

Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote.

Lucy Powell

ArmyVoteRightTaxesPayTurn

Pretty soon we'll have robots in our society, you're going to have a lot of automated processes that used to be done by people - this is happening. Society and technology is changing so fast, and the impact of the change on society and technology is global, not local.

Jose Padilha

ChangeTechnologyPeopleSocietyYou

I'm a big believer in education, period.

Jon Secada

EducationBigBig BelieverBeliever

I grew up watching wrestling.

DeAngelo Williams

WrestlingWatchingUpGrew

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