Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes
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I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.
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In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
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I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless.
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
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I felt like an outsider. The only time you get to really know guys is on the ice, and I couldn't be there.
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I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing characters into situations that challenge them in similar ways.
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I began with small roles in successful movies like 'No Country For Old Men' by the Coen brothers; but it was 'The Last Exorcism' that changed my life: with what I earned, I left Texas and moved to Los Angeles.
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A girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy.
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Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.
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People have to do what they want to do.
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Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.
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Anchormen shouldn't cry.
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I'm confident in the fighter I am, and I have nothing to worry about.
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Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition.
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Teachers today are breaking down obstacles, finding innovative ways to instill old lessons, proving that greatness can be found in everyday places.
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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
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Texting is a lot like an answering machine. If you don't want to talk to somebody, it's like screening your calls. To me, it's a way of communication, but not one that I favor.
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Yeah, sue me.
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Facebook and Twitter have a ton of information they're trying to make sense of.
Chad Hurley -
On the political as on the economic front it's important not to fall into the "not as bad as" trap. High unemployment isn't O.K. just because it hasn't hit 1933 levels; ominous political trends shouldn’t be dismissed just because there’s no Hitler in sight.
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In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.
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I'm not just gonna go after the black Jesse Jackson they all want to make fun of, but I know the wrong people are gonna laugh at that. I don't want to play to that crowd. I don't.
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Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you.
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My donors have always tended to do much better than expected.
