Kenzaburo Oe Quotes
From another point of view, a new situation now seems to be arising in which Japan's prosperity is going to be incorporated into the expanding potential power of both production and consumption in Asia at large.
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I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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At the time of Woodstock, I was just 13, but I used to see these exotic hippy creatures and I did look on with envy. How could you not? In an ideal world, I would have loved to have been a hippy - but I might have been a bit strait-laced. It was my fantasy.
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When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
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My family is full of musicians, and a couple of times a year we get together and jam at my cousin's studio. We improvise and have a great time.
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No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more importantly, it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
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One of the things I love about writing is the way you can use what you know and what you've experienced, without actually writing about yourself. I've given many of my experiences and perceptions to many of the characters in the book, but none of them is me.
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If someone pulls me down, I pull them down, as I don't feel I should live my life in the way other people want me to. If they have a problem with my films, I can rip off their films, be it comedy or their family dramas, which are low on content and have over-theatrical acting.
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Eminent nutritionists have traded their independence for the food industry's favors.
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I still have the shirt I wore my first time on Johnny Carson's show. Only now I use it as a tablecloth at dinner parties. It was very blousy.
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I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.
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From another point of view, a new situation now seems to be arising in which Japan's prosperity is going to be incorporated into the expanding potential power of both production and consumption in Asia at large.
