Pico Iyer Quotes

The less you struggle with a problem, the more it's likely to solve itself. The less time you spend frantically running around, the more productive you are likely to be.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Oh, absolutely, it felt more serious than your typical job. One of the things that got us through how difficult the shooting actually was was that we are telling a real story.

John C. Reilly

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I learned that you can accomplish so much, no matter what the limitations may be. You just gotta believe to achieve.

Ann-Marie Campbell

BelieveYouAccomplishAchieveMay

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there.

Stephen Sondheim

MusicWritingYouWaySitAware

I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically.

Stephen Sondheim

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All the scars on my body, all the bumps and bruises, all the muscles - that is a story of everything I have done. And it's not just my story. My ancestors who came before me gave me this vessel to sculpt and mold.

Rose Namajunas

MeStoryBodyScarsDoneAncestors

The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone.

Mick Jagger

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I used to think you should keep on experimenting and seeing new things. But after seeing a lot of the world, I now tend to return to the same spots. I enjoy the familiarity.

Louise Nurding

New ThingsWorldThinkEnjoyYou

I've been to two festivals in my life, and I've never been to Toronto. I haven't really been making festival movies. This is new territory for me.

Joss Whedon

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I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them.

Douglas Kirkland

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I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and I just had a feeling that wasn't going to happen. You know, I just kind of read the writing on the wall.

Bruce Greenwood

TimeWritingThinkingDoingYou

I have a million dollars in the stock market, because if I lose a million dollars, I don't personally care.

Suze Orman

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I always want to be known as a good Test cricketer. I believe I have the ability to score big runs in the longer format. For that, I know I have to score heavily in whatever opportunities I get.

Suresh Raina

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