"Places have charisma, in short, as much as…" — Pico Iyer

"Places have charisma, in short, as much as people do."

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100 Quotes by Pico Iyer

Pico Iyer has 100 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Travel is not really about leaving our homes, but leaving our habits.
We travel, in essence, to become young fools again - to slow time down and get taken in, and fall…
In our appetite for gossip, we tend to gobble down everything before us, only to find, too late, that it…
Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is…
My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and…
Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice
Perhaps the greatest danger of our global community is that the person in LA thinks he knows Cambodia because he's…
Finding a sanctuary, a place apart from time, is not so different from finding a faith.
None of the things in life - like love or faith - was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could…
Lonely Places, then are the places that are not on international wavelengths, do not know how to carry themselves, are…
Death undoes us less, sometimes, than the hope that it will never come.
One curiosity of being a foreigner everywhere is that one finds oneself discerning Edens where the locals see only Purgatory.

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More Charisma Quotes

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The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work… — Bruce Barton
I'm not good with pickup lines or flirting. I don't have that kind of self-confidence or natural charisma. — Steve Carell
One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very… — Eric Clapton
To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in… — John Donne
It's true that charisma can make a person stand out for a moment, but character sets a person apart for… — John C. Maxwell
Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around. — Warren G. Bennis
The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he… — John Keegan
Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure… — Michael Korda
Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration. — Baltasar Gracian
The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious. — Ferdinand Foch
Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible. — Stonewall Jackson

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