"In America, you don't even have proper holidays. It's really one of the most prosperous slave societies in history. People work their ***** off all year long and get two weeks off! It's incredible."

-- Pankaj Mishra

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“When I'm writing a script, I don't worry about plot as much as I do about people. I get to know the main characters - what they need, what they want, what they should do. That's what gets the story going. You can't just have action, you've got to find out what the characters want. And then they must grow, they must go somewhere.”
“Wherever you are, at whatever age, you're only a thought away from changing your life.”
“A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.”
“I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.”

Source : "Joker in the pack". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2008.
“Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.”
“I'm a huge Nirvana fan and I like seeing things that at first seem out of context, but actually they're one of the biggest bands in the world. I like to see pop culture, like punk or alternative culture, clash with some other type of culture.”
“We're all ordinary in a way. We can all be hurt. We can all be unbalanced. We all have feelings. Life can treat us harshly, even shockingly sometimes.”
“I have never, in all my life, been so odious as to regard myself as 'superior' to any living being, human or animal. I just walked alone - as I have always walked alone.”

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