Kenzaburo Oe Quotes
Even though we now have the half-century-old new Constitution, there is a popular sentiment of support for the old one that lives on in reality in some quarters.
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The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
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The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
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Law graduates have always ended up in business, government, journalism and other fields. Law schools could do more to build these subjects into their coursework.
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Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.
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I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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The visual impact of the stupa on the observer brings a direct experience of inherent wakefulness and dignity. Stupas continue to be built because of their ability to liberate one simply upon seeing their structure.
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A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.
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Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California.
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When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own.
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Even though we now have the half-century-old new Constitution, there is a popular sentiment of support for the old one that lives on in reality in some quarters.
