Pankaj Mishra Quotes

The British Empire passed quickly and with less humiliation than its French and Dutch counterparts, but decades later, the vicious politics of partition still seems to define India and Pakistan.

Pankaj Mishra

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PoliticsIndiaEmpireDefineBritish

I think for leadership positions, emotional intelligence is more important than cognitive intelligence. People with emotional intelligence usually have a lot of cognitive intelligence, but that's not always true the other way around.

John Mackey

LeadershipIntelligencePeopleThink

Huge fan of Lady Gaga - huge, mega, superfan.

Alyssa Edwards

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If I had a dollar for every guy that came up to me to say, 'I'm not a scrub,' oh my God, I'd have a billion dollars.

Rozonda Thomas

GodMeSayDollarUpGuy

There are forms of oppression and domination which become invisible - the new normal.

Michel Foucault

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I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.

Dick Cheney

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Chess is life.

Bobby Fischer

LifeChess

Our daily work ethic - that need to always do better and top our last performance - is what makes USWNT football players who we are.

Ali Krieger

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I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.

Shania Twain

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You want to please society. You want to be happy. You want to be well liked. You want to be held in high esteem and be respected. These are real things. You want respect from your peers, respect from your loved ones; you want to be looked up to for your achievements and your accomplishments. All of this requires conformity in some form or another.

Thomas Jane

RespectHappyBe HappySocietyLoved

Some venues are better run than others. Sometimes it's just maddening to deal with full dinners being served in front of your face. You can have a good or bad show anywhere.

Todd Barry

GoodFaceBetterYouBadRun

Technology is an interesting subject, people thinking: how much good, and how much bad, does it inherently carry?

Thomas Bangalter

GoodTechnologyPeopleThinkingBad

Somehow, I've been blessed to be able to have the young spirit inside - not feel like every year I get a year older. I feel like every year I get a year younger. I don't wake up in the morning with aches and pains.

Rickey Henderson

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