Kenzaburo Oe Quotes
The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic.
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'
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I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked for various steakhouses, vegetarian restaurants, a lot of Middle Eastern stuff. I've worked my fair share of a lot of different things. I've worked at festivals and street fairs, you know? I've been through it all.
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The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.
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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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Win or lose, I always like to get back to my friends and family. They keep me grounded. When I'm home with my friends, I'm always the same Gabriel. I'm no better or worse in their eyes because of my results. It's good to be with your true friends. It always reminds me of where I'm from and who I am.
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Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.
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I know firsthand that immigrants make enormous contributions to our nation, but I also know that we need to secure our borders and make sure that those who came here illegally wait their turn, pay a fine and any unpaid taxes, and pass a criminal background check before becoming citizens.
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There are a few musicians that I know who seem on the outside like very asocial or somewhat unemotional people, people who aren't capable of emotions, and people think they're very cold inside.
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Twitter and those platforms just didn't feel natural to me.
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Our 2015 financial performance will continue to be driven by our Home Robot business. Home Robot revenue is expected to grow 10% to 12% in 2015 and comprise 90% of total company revenue.
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I told them to set picks for each other. I told Chris Thompson to get it inside to Ryan Grayson or Cortez. Cortez got the rebound and put it back up.
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Egypt has great potential because of the latent power of its human capital.
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The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic.
