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Pankaj Mishra Quotes

Tanpinar presciently feared that to embrace the western conception of progress was to be mentally enslaved by a whole new epistemology, one that compartmentalised knowledge and concealed an instrumental view of human beings as no more than things to be manipulated.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: indian
Birth: 1969

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Knowledge Progress View New Embrace

Jose Padilha is a wonderful director.

Director Wonderful

There is nothing unbiblical about building a wall and protecting citizens.

Robert Jeffress

Building Wall Nothing Citizens About

Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.

Relationship People Thought Down

I used to be really shy, and I think something happened in my brain where I was like, 'All right, I don't care anymore. I'm just going to be myself.' So I went to school wearing eyeliner and eye shadow, and they called my mom, telling her it was a distraction. My mom fought the school, and I got to wear makeup every day.

Myself Day Shadow School Mom Brain

Al Qaeda has come back. Al Qaeda is a resilient organization. But they're not here in large numbers. But al Qaeda doesn't have to be anywhere in large numbers.

Organization Back Numbers Here Come

I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff.

Time Thinking Little Stuff Spend

You've got to build a career and a practice.

Practice You Career Build Got

I loved Transformers when I was a kid.

Loved Kid Transformers

When you start making a movie, people want to know: Who's the star power? And very early, I realized there's not a lot of 26-year-old black actors who have been given the opportunity to be the lead of a film. It's, like, Michael B. Jordan, and then we're done.

Opportunity Power People Start Black

It doesn't matter how good you are as a band or how good your music may be; if the fans aren't supporting it and buying your music, it's hard to make it.

Good Music You Matter Band Hard

I can't predict the future of football. I don't think it'll go the way of boxing because it's a team sport. It's built into our education systems, the flagship for a lot of universities' fundraising campaigns. So no, I don't think it'll go away.

Education Future Football Team Think

My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

Anthony Horowitz

Writing Strong End You Always Call

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