Pankaj Mishra Quotes

Happily, financial capitalism and free trade have not done away with national languages and literatures, as Marx rather too blithely hoped.

Pankaj Mishra

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FreeCapitalismFinancialDoneTrade

Hillary talks the talk, but in my view, she is as big a corporatist, as big a war monger, as big an imperialist as any of the Republican presidential candidates. Her rhetoric is less offensive.

Jill Stein

WarViewRhetoricTalkSheBig

I have questioned myself about the brutality in the last few novels. Actually in 'The Leopard,' in hindsight, I feel I went a little bit too far with screaming blood. There are a couple of scenes that I regret and wish I had the chance to rewrite. 'Phantom' has less blood.

Jo Nesbo

MyselfChanceRegretFeelWish

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.

Jerzy Kosinski

SufferingAmericanLongWrongSystem

Practice being in the moment when you are running, whether you are on your own or in the race.

Jennifer Carpenter

MomentPracticeYouRaceOwnBeing

It's weird because I am accessible to people on Twitter, and I can choose to read good things or mean things, and people can reach out to me directly and tell me how much they hate me or love the song. It's a very strange new paradigm as an artist to find yourself among this kind of connectivity.

Jenny Lewis

LoveGoodHateYourselfI AmPeople

Comics are cool. I read 'Batman' and 'Spawn'.

Andrew Lawrence

CoolReadBatmanComicsSpawn

You know, people who almost - yeah, there's a slight reluctance there - but there's also an ambiguity. What are their morals? What is their code of living. What are they really doing here. And it is just interesting because it is never black or white.

Matt Robinson

PeopleBlackMoralsInterestingYou

One of my favorite movies that I've ever seen is '25th Hour.' I love it so much because it's simply about a guy who's going to jail for six years, and this slow, terrible day he has.

Dito Montiel

LoveDaySlowMoviesJailYears

I know that I have a voice and can use it for good or bad. It's a gift from God.

Demi Lovato

GoodGodGiftVoiceBadKnow

As income inequality increases, the social and political sway of those at the very, very top grows, too. They are nearly all men, and men whose lived experience tells them that women, for whatever reason, just don't have what it takes.

Chrystia Freeland

WomenExperienceMenPoliticalTop

I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years, and really thought I was going to be a filmmaker, and then I kind of drifted over to the acting side after that.

Scott Adsit

SchoolThoughtActingKindOver

On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.

Noam Chomsky

ThinkInternetYouEverythingGoing

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