Kenzaburo Oe Quotes
In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces and thereby play a more active role in the keeping and restoration of peace in various parts of the world.
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I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
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People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars.
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I keep wondering at night, 'Will I have a bank the next morning, or will some technology company be doing banking without needing a bank?'
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
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If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
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'Theogony' should be read before the great Homeric epics because it gives an account of the cosmology that is taken for granted by Homer. It does for paganism what the Old Testament attempted to do for monotheism.
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One who loves God sees everything in relation to God. Therefore, their love flows spontaneously toward everyone, at all times, everywhere. They even love those who wish them harm. If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die; rather, it manifests in the form.
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I'm a home girl. I like to stay home.
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You find Jews, Irish, and Italians in every orchestra.
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I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.
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Not many countries establish a prize for peace. The Seoul Peace Prize has its roots in the 1988 Summer Olympics when this country opened its doors to people and athletes from more than 160 countries. Korea did so in part because it believes in the power of sports for peace and development.
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I discovered freedom for the first time in England.
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My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes.
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In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces and thereby play a more active role in the keeping and restoration of peace in various parts of the world.
