Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes
We always like to keep our children in a kind of bubble and censor the bad news about the world. We like to tell them the world is full of benevolent, nice people.Kazuo Ishiguro
Quotes to Explore
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The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administered health care system is absurd... and by people opting out of the system and developing workarounds.
Rand Paul -
If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
Oscar Wilde -
Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
For the first time, entrepreneurs can monetize their own open-source and peer-to-peer network. They can crowdfund and raise money from people across the world on the Internet in crypto-currency.
Olaf Carlson-Wee -
People are totally overusing LOL and a wink - and I'm very guilty of using the wink - that's probably my favourite emoticon to use because 'I'm being sarcastic, don't misinterpret; don't misconstrue; I'm just kidding.' Again, for as many benefits as it has, also picking up the phone and having a conversation speaks volumes.
Carly Pope
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After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know that they liked books that take them to unusual places where they meet unusual people.
E. L. Konigsburg -
We were so bad last year, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in the cheers.
Pat Williams -
Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
Naveen Jain -
I always joke with people that having nephews is the best birth control there is.
Tahj Mowry -
Every day that I live, I try to find the beauty in things.
Octavia Spencer -
I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
Damian Loeb
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I've led a charmed life. I've known people who have been depressed, and I've never had that.
Earl Hamner, Jr. -
If I don't play well, then it's not the end of the world, because we all learn in tennis that there's always next week.
Laura Robson -
For me, I've been known as a very well-rounded fighter, and I think that's really important, that you're well rounded and comfortable in every situation that a fight can go. A lot of people focus on just one discipline, and when they get out of that, they're in a difficult position.
Paige VanZant -
Music is really something that makes people whole.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
By preventing pneumonia and other diseases, we are giving men, women and children the chance to live healthy productive lives and participate in the global economy. In doing so, we are not only enhancing their futures - we are enhancing our own.
Mandy Moore -
Square meals often make round people.
E. Joseph Cossman
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When you can see your unborn children in her arms, you know you really love a woman.
Bryan Adams -
I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to escape hunger. But my officers were Scottish and they loved me. The Scots are good, you know.
Idi Amin -
I think that Europeans in general have a more global view of the world because they are in such proximity to other countries that it enables them to travel and see other parts of the world.
Valerie Cruz -
Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.
John Malkovich -
There are portions of Malibu that are very remote; it's like living in the country somewhere.
James Brolin -
We always like to keep our children in a kind of bubble and censor the bad news about the world. We like to tell them the world is full of benevolent, nice people.
Kazuo Ishiguro