Pankaj Mishra Quotes

For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.

Pankaj Mishra

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While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars.

Jim Ryun

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I admire politicians. It is a really tough assignment, and I would fall at the first fence.

Joanna Lumley

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Growing up, I was a very shy kid but I felt that being on stage or playing another character would somehow open me up. And I think it did.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole.

Robert Sheckley

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My natural response to a stressful situation is to shut down. I do weird things, like, I don't cry, I get really cold.

Amy Adams

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I will use my expertise in technology to bring the IRS up to date.

Steve Mnuchin

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I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.

Ron Paul

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I've always hung out with people older than me, with my parents' friends, because I appreciated the conversation.

Lorde

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I don't go out and get arrested anymore. The most extravagant thing I do these days is play golf. I'm like an old man.

Brad Renfro

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We're from Athens, Alabama. That's my town. People think it's Muscle Shoals, but they have no idea. It's a quiet, sleepy little town, about 45 minutes from Muscle Shoals. It's really hard to be a band in Athens; there are no venues.

Brittany Howard

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As an explorer, I know firsthand there are many places in the ocean so full of life that they should be protected. Coral reefs and mangrove coastlines are stressed already by climate change and ocean acidification, and poor planning will just make their plight worse.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

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I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.

Peter O'Toole

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