Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.
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From Texas to New Hampshire and everywhere in between, we know that support for policies such as expanded background checks continue to be popular in both parties.
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My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
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In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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I request the audience to not mix cinema with politics.
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After Year 12, I went to Vancouver for my gap year and met an agent who told me to lose 25 kg.
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Entitled people drive me insane. The world owes you nothing! Get over it!
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There's a kind of immediacy that comes with being constantly connected that I don't really relate to in my generation.
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The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because of aid; misery and poverty have not ended but increased. Aid has been, and continues to be, an unmitigated political, economic, and humanitarian disaster for most parts of the developing world.
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You know nothing of war. War is dark. Black as pitch. It is not a God. It does not laugh or weep. It rewards neither skill nor daring. It is not a trial of souls, not the measure of wills. Even less is it a tool, a means to some womanish end. It is merely the place where the iron bones of the earth meet the hollow bones of men and break them.
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We can't all and some of us don't. That's all there is to it.
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I'm just drawing it now. It's totally revolting. I'm sure you'll love it.
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The idiot.
