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Pico Iyer Quotes

Contractions, 'U' for 'you' and the like are wonderful to make communication brief and efficient - but we wouldn't want all our talk to be only brief and efficient. Taking pauses out of language would be like taking the net away from a tennis game. Where would all the fun go?

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Communication Fun Game Language You

I ushered at the Shubert in New Haven during graduate school when plays en route to Broadway still went out of town to try out. I worked backstage at summer stock doing jobs from garbage man to strapping on Herbert Marshall's wooden leg to fixing Gloria Swanson's broken plumbing in her dressing room with her yelling at me as I worked the plunger.

Man Broken School Me Doing Summer

No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.

John Chrysostom

Man Wrong Who Harm Himself Does

Women are clearly the major consumers in far more than just female categories. It doesn't matter whether it is purchases of cars, cosmetics, or even products for men, female consumption power is the leading consumption power in the world. Any company that overlooks the woman as the decision maker is making a huge mistake.

Women Power Decision Men Woman More

We've taken the view that if the rest of the world would democratize and create market economies, that would spread the benefits of prosperity around the world, and that it would enhance our own prosperity, and our own stability and security, as well.

Finance World Rest View Security

I used to watch 'The Jetsons' growing up. I used to think that this woman, Rosie, the robot housekeeper, was going to exist. I think we're far away from that happening.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

Woman Growing Up Think Far Away Up

No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park movie came out, there were some critics that said, 'Well it's obvious that in order to get it to be 90 minutes they filled some time with music.'

Funny Music Time Writing World Said

We have a mentoring and angel investing programme. We are also talking to the government to help create a VC industry.

Romesh Wadhwani

Government Angel Help Talking Create

I am completely attached to my roots, and therefore you will see a Pahadi touch in all my albums.

I Am Roots You Will Touch See

While researching the book, I used the Freedom of Information Act to request what the military calls Individual Deceased Personnel Files for all the Gremlin Special's passengers and crew.

Mitchell Zuckoff

Freedom Book Information Special Act

I've had several unavoidable problems because of my athletic career.

Problems Career Because Athletic Had

My mom always told me: Never make fun of anybody, because you never know what that person is going through. Ever since I was a kid, I never did. I never did.

Fun Me Mom You Person Know

With new technologies promising endless conveniences also comes new vulnerabilities in terms of privacy and security. And nobody is immune.

Security Nobody Privacy New Endless

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