Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes
As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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Like most conservatives, my path was a bit meandering. I grew up around people who mostly held conservative or libertarian views. The liberals I knew were fairly quiet about it, or at least I don't remember it being very heavy-handed.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.
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To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold -
Only silence perfects silence.
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When I was 11 years old, I was a member of 'Press Pack,' which was a thing that would come out in 'The Sunday Times' in England. You'd write articles and send them off and would get a badge saying 'Official Press.' I was really excited about my badge.
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I don't know about other people, but I love to work.
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People like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding - I do not put myself in that category.
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I get recognized by some people in my community, but not a lot. In fact, they would say, 'What do you do?' And I would say, 'Well, I did 'The Bernie Mac Show.'' And they would say, 'Oh, really? Well, do you know so-and-so?' And I'd say, 'Yeah, I hired them. I was the boss!' They don't believe it.
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I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
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I don't like two-dimensional characters who are obviously villains from the moment they walk on stage.
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As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
