Pankaj Mishra Quotes

Tiananmen Square in early 1989 attracted many dreamers like Ma Jian, who returned from Hong Kong to a one-room shack in Beijing in order to join the student protests.

Pankaj Mishra

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I didn't go into politics because I wanted to win a popularity contest.

Andrew Lansley

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I support American energy production, and it will be produced by companies - Exxon, BP, Shell - and continue to support American energy.

Jeff Duncan

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In the same way he's fascinated by crosswords, the puzzle of solving the murder is what drives him on.

John Thaw

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Usually, Valentine's Day comes and goes with just a day or two of news media attention to courtship and marriage.

Stephanie Coontz

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To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Sun Tzu

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We created materials to explain Slack to individuals - what it was for, how it worked, what you're supposed to do - but we also built resources for team administrators. We wanted to give them ammunition to help convince the team.

Stewart Butterfield

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As a prosecutor, I've been in prisons. I've had the opportunity to see what they're like in America.

Tom Rooney

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I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.

Rob Lowe

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If Congress wants to mess with the retirement program, why don't we let them start by changing their retirement program, and not have one, instead of talking about getting rid of Social Security and Medicare that was robbed $700 billion dollars to pay for Obamacare.

Mike Huckabee

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An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.

Javier Bardem

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Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before or after this date. It's the year I became an adult. My mother died, and I created my company shortly thereafter. I definitely would not have done it if she hadn't passed away.

Christian Louboutin

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The main thing about doing a comedy is that you spend most of your days really happy and laughing.

Chris Messina

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