Pico Iyer Quotes

The recipe to an unhappy life in Japan is to want to be Japanese if you are not. Anyone who wants to penetrate the country is setting themselves up for tears and disappointment.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I never believed I wouldn't make it - and perhaps that's why I've always found work. I've always stuck at everything I've ever done. I absolutely won't give up.

Amanda Holden

WorkDoneWhyNeverEverythingUp

I play roles now that suit my age.

Sridevi

AgePlayNowSuitRoles

I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything.

Sue Townsend

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I never quit. The times when I have quit in the past because I couldn't face trying harder have stayed with me, and the guilt is not worth it.

Lizzie Armitstead

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Everything comes to an end.

Dickey Betts

EndEverything

I'm a really big fan of all things macabre in general; Halloween happens to be my favorite holiday.

Dove Cameron

HolidayThingsBigBig FanHappens

There are a lot of companies - not just Sony and Kodak - that have spent a lot of money trying to make the quality of the digital images comparable with film. But when you're sending these things over the Internet, they don't have to be high quality.

Clayton M. Christensen

MoneyQualityInternetTryingYou

I hope people will like my novels after I'm dead. And I hope my children think about me in good ways, by and large.

Clyde Edgerton

GoodHopeChildrenPeopleMeThink

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

Wole Soyinka

MyselfMeAccidentNovelReally

There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.

Scott Walker

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The very idea of supernatural magic - including miracles - is incoherent, devoid of sensible meaning.

Richard Dawkins

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Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started.

Martin Denny

TimeWaveNewStartedBeforeOh

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