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Pankaj Mishra quotes: The White House tapes, the recordings that Nixon made of his conversations in office, have long been recognized as a marvel of verbal incontinence.

The White House tapes, the recordings that Nixon made of his conversations in office, have long been recognized as a marvel of verbal incontinence.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: In a typically contradictory move, globalisation, while promoting economic integration among elites, has exacerbated sectarianism everywhere else.

In a typically contradictory move, globalisation, while promoting economic integration among elites, has exacerbated sectarianism everywhere else.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.

Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.

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

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Most suffering is human-made and avoidable. It's mostly in your head.

Most suffering is human-made and avoidable. It's mostly in your head.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: My dominant feeling every day is one of great ignorance.

My dominant feeling every day is one of great ignorance.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.

As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: After India and China, Indonesia was the biggest new nation-state to emerge in the mid-twentieth century.

After India and China, Indonesia was the biggest new nation-state to emerge in the mid-twentieth century.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: In the 1950s and 60s, geopolitical intrigues did not much engage masses in Asia and Africa; it was something for elites to sort out.

In the 1950s and 60s, geopolitical intrigues did not much engage masses in Asia and Africa; it was something for elites to sort out.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Gandhi, brought out of his semirural setting and given a Western-style education, initially attempted to become more English than the English.

Gandhi, brought out of his semirural setting and given a Western-style education, initially attempted to become more English than the English.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.

Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: The French Revolution actualised the Enlightenment's greatest intellectual breakthrough: detaching the political from the theocratic.

The French Revolution actualised the Enlightenment's greatest intellectual breakthrough: detaching the political from the theocratic.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: I found it really disturbing to see a novelist writing a diatribe about Islam and Muslim radical extremists, blurring the distinction between the two.

I found it really disturbing to see a novelist writing a diatribe about Islam and Muslim radical extremists, blurring the distinction between the two.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: It's strange to recall that America animated none of my youthful daydreams. I did not see a Hollywood film until my late teens.

It's strange to recall that America animated none of my youthful daydreams. I did not see a Hollywood film until my late teens.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: The longing for a very garish kind of success seems as widespread among writers as among investment bankers.

The longing for a very garish kind of success seems as widespread among writers as among investment bankers.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.

In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.

If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy.

Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: As the 19th century progressed, Europe's innovations, norms and categories came to achieve a truly universal hegemony.

As the 19th century progressed, Europe's innovations, norms and categories came to achieve a truly universal hegemony.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.

The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained.

Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career.

Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: The Korean War, which China entered on the side of North Korea, fixed Mao's image in the United States as another unappeasable Communist.

The Korean War, which China entered on the side of North Korea, fixed Mao's image in the United States as another unappeasable Communist.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.

We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.

Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: The terrorist attacks of 9/11 briefly disrupted celebrations of a world globalised by capital and consumption.

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 briefly disrupted celebrations of a world globalised by capital and consumption.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: The idea that human beings can make history, that is something quite unique to the modern West.

The idea that human beings can make history, that is something quite unique to the modern West.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: We need to infuse politics with ideas like compassion and empathy, and a sense that we live in an interdependent world.

We need to infuse politics with ideas like compassion and empathy, and a sense that we live in an interdependent world.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.

In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: I think what's important and extraordinarily practical about Buddhism, is that it offers very concrete methods for people to work with.

I think what's important and extraordinarily practical about Buddhism, is that it offers very concrete methods for people to work with.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: I started out as a novelist and wrote several novels before deciding to publish one, and I fully intend to go back to the form.

I started out as a novelist and wrote several novels before deciding to publish one, and I fully intend to go back to the form.

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

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

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Buddhism resonated very powerfully with a lot of my preoccupations.

Buddhism resonated very powerfully with a lot of my preoccupations.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Devout Anatolian masses rising from poverty have transformed Turkey politically and economically.

Devout Anatolian masses rising from poverty have transformed Turkey politically and economically.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: I myself, at one time, wanted to be like the explorers of the Himalayas that I used to read about; people intoxicated on the myth of history.

I myself, at one time, wanted to be like the explorers of the Himalayas that I used to read about; people intoxicated on the myth of history.

Pankaj Mishra quotes: Most writers have very little that's important or valuable to offer; most of them are just repeating each other.

Most writers have very little that's important or valuable to offer; most of them are just repeating each other.