Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.

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• I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.

  

  J. J. Abrams
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• I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.

  

  J. H. Wyman
  • Value
  • Things
  • Human

• But I have to say I'm incredibly proud of the Panther Racing National Guard Team, and in my IndyCar career there's not many races where I've honestly left the track feeling that we've executed everything perfectly. And I have to say, I thought they did an absolute phenomenal job. The pit stops were just first class.

  

  Dan Wheldon
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• So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.

  

  Vanessa Brown
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• George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just the way he lived his life, decorated his gardens and homes. He was a dear friend of mine. His entire approach to music was very unique.

  

  Gary Wright
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• Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've done - it's definitely a blessing.

  

  Warren G
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• Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

  

  Orlando Aloysius Battista
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• People don't know how to behave in public anymore.

  

  Gallagher
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• I don't think that technology is going to allow for greater subjugation of people. I think it's gonna give them more freedom.

  

  Palmer Luckey
  • People
  • Freedom
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• I hate wearing makeup because I am just too lazy to take it off at night.

  

  Irina Shayk
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• Government should stand aside and let the business community prosper instead of imposing new regulations that will only stifle growth and limit access to capital.

  

  Sam Graves
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• I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger.

  

  Karel Reisz
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• Allen Iverson was the Tupac of basketball; he was a true revolutionary.

  

  Fat Joe
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• My show in Egypt was called, 'The Show,' or, 'Al Bernameg' in Arabic. Basically, it was a political satire show. It started on Internet by three, four-minute episodes, and then it evolved into a live show in a theater, which was something that was unprecedented in the Arab world.

  

  Bassem Youssef
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• On the molecular scale, you find it's reasonable to have a machine that does a million steps per second, a mechanical system that works at computer speeds.

  

  K. Eric Drexler
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• I love comedy, but I was just obsessed with 'SNL' growing up.

  

  Abbi Jacobson
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• I don't come and fight for fun. I don't do that. I don't like to hurt people for fun.

  

  Nate Diaz
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• A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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• I think my biggest mistake was deciding not to go to law school directly after I graduated from college.

  

  Kimberly Bryant
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• If I could ever be on a Missy Elliott record, I could then die. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige - I love hearing them interviewed, I love the way they talk about their art. They're very self-assured, they're funny, they're inviting. I love it.

  

  Neko Case
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• There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Men
  • Soul
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• Did my infancy succeed another age of mine that dies before it? Was it that which I spent within my mother's womb?... And what before that life again, O God of my joy, was I anywhere or in any body?

  

  Saint Augustine
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• As the perception of the United States as a welcoming place for all changes among travelers globally, the country's tourism market, which is a huge revenue generator for the economy, could get hurt.

  

  Dara Khosrowshahi
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• I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.

  

  Kazuo Ishiguro