Pankaj Mishra Quotes

German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.

Pankaj Mishra

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LiteratureNationalismLateReaction

You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind.

Jim Davis

MindYouBedPlayLyingSomething

I always loved '90210' growing up. It was one of my favorites - the old-school '90210'.

Melissa Ordway

Growing UpLovedGrowingAlwaysUp

I may write about place and displacement, but what I'm really writing about is dispersion, evasion, ambivalence: not so much a subject as a move in everything I write.

Andre Aciman

WritingPlaceWriteEverythingMay

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

Andre Agassi

GreatPlayTennisGoingShotsPick

If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.

Maya Angelou

LifeTimeSayingYouSayWant

It's enshrined in our Constitution that an individual has a right to release information and disseminate information that makes the powers that be uncomfortable.

Moby

ConstitutionUncomfortableInformation

When I was a young man, barely 18, I discovered Jesus Christ as my personal saviour, and for six months I told my mother she was damned to hell. That wasn't much fun. I abandoned it.

Luke Rhinehart

MotherManFunHellYoungPersonal

I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement.

Jon Voight

PeaceMovementUpPropagandaVietnam

I watch reality TV, but unless you have been part of that crew, unless you've sort of been immersed in that culture in what's happening, unless you have been in that concentrated moment, you wont believe it unless you're there. And with 'Ton of Cash' we just hope that we captured all of the best moments.

Dhani Jones

HopeMomentBestCultureBelieve

You've gotta understand: in July of '44, the Allies were still contained on the peninsula in western France and the destruction of Europe had not really begun. War had not really touched the European continent at that point.

Christopher McQuarrie

WarYouUnderstandJulyEurope

We're feminists. We're doing something that only guys are expected to do and doin' it right! At our concerts we'll do one hard-core rap song and then do one where we'll be real sexy.

Cheryl James

SongSexyDoingRightRealRap

I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks I've amassed over the years.

Christian Bale

StartBagActingOverYearsScratch

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