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Pankaj Mishra Quotes

Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: indian
Birth: 1969

Topics

Freedom Best Criticism Enlightenment

I remember my girlfriend dropped me for the guy I thought was really cute.

John Cameron Mitchell

Cute Me Thought Remember Girlfriend

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

Good Evil Doing Enough Us Shall

I knew from reading about Sarah Grimke that she'd been given a handmaid to be her personal slave and that her name was Hetty. The only other fact I knew about her was that Sarah taught her to read: They conspired in a very subversive way, by locking the door and screening the keyhole.

Door Reading Name Personal Way She

The iPod Shuffle was something unique for Apple: a device stripped down to a single function.

Unique Apple Down Single Something

A Democrat who had been JFK's Secretary of the Navy, Connally believed that as many as 20 million Democrats would cross over to vote for Nixon because George McGovern wasn't qualified to lead the nation, particularly because of his proposals for military cutbacks.

Vote Navy Military Nation Over Lead

Of course it's fun writing about an egomaniac, but I know there are going to be reviewers who've never met me, who don't know anything about me, who are going to say this is autobiography: he's just changed the names of a few people, and the rest is totally as it was.

Fun People Me Writing Rest Know

You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something.

Fishing Fish You Late Know Want

I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry.

Listen Need Everything Out Industry

As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.

Christian Marclay

Talking You Artist Hollywood Obscure

You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.

You Go Know Crisis Years Film

I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.

Life Football Play Play Football Had

I'm a huge, huge fan of photography. I have a small photography collection. As soon as I started to make some money, I bought my very first photograph: an Henri Cartier-Bresson. Then I bought a Robert Frank.

Annie Leibovitz

Money Small Photography First Fan

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