Pankaj Mishra Quotes

The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.

Pankaj Mishra

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HappinessPowerProgressPolitical

I feel the sexiest when my fiance tells me - when I wake up in the morning and my hair is a mess and I'm in sweats - 'You look so beautiful.' So I feel the sexiest when I'm not trying hard.

Joanna Krupa

MorningBeautifulMeHairWake Up

In order for a president to be transformational, the old order has to fall as the orthodoxies that kept it in power exhaust themselves.

John Dickerson

PowerFallPresidentOldOrderKept

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.

Maya Rudolph

FunnyWomanI AmChoiceGoalMatter

My experience as a newspaper reporter was invaluable in terms of getting me to the kind of writing I do now. It gave me a work ethic of writing every day and pushing through difficult creative times. I mean, there's no writer's block allowed in a newsroom.

Michael Connelly

WorkExperienceDayCreativeMe

I'm not saying all Trump supporters are deplorable, but I am saying that the president of the United States has got to measure his words and be more careful about what he says.

Ana Navarro

WordsI AmSayingMeasureMoreGot

My late wife - she died of cancer. We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more and that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away. I couldn't be in that room because I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn't be able to take care of the kids after.

Stanley Tucci

MomentWifeCareTake CareWishShe

I've got a pretty good appetite right now.

Tracey Gold

GoodNowRightPrettyGotAppetite

I'm a person who really doesn't dwell on the past.

Ronnie Lott

PastPersonDwellWhoReally

I don't want to be elitist.

Mitski

WantElitist

I have always loved aeroplanes and spacecraft and the design element.

Dennis Muilenburg

LovedDesignAlwaysElement

I said I would get better with each baby, and I have.

Demi Moore

BabyBetterSaidGetWouldEach

I had a small investment in Twofold, following guidance from my professional advisers. I had, however, claimed no tax relief of any amount in regard to this investment. Given the concerns raised about it, I have now instructed my advisors to withdraw me from the scheme with immediate effect.

Bradley Wiggins

MeSmallProfessionalTaxInvestment

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