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.
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I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.
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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.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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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.
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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.
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Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.
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People don't know how to behave in public anymore.
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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.
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I hate wearing makeup because I am just too lazy to take it off at night.
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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.
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I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger.
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Allen Iverson was the Tupac of basketball; he was a true revolutionary.
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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.
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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.
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I love comedy, but I was just obsessed with 'SNL' growing up.
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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.
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A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.
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I asked each one of them to make out with me and their reactions varied from excitable to horrified.
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I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet.
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There's a really fine line between artistic license and artistic licentiousness. And history is a lousy filmmaker. It doesn't give you all the ingredients you need. No story will quite fulfill that three-act structure.
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Do I use VORP? I may be using it and not even know it, and if I am, it's nobody's business. There are a lot of different criteria in judging players. I think I use, um, esoteric qualitative mathematical review times five. That's one of them.
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I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
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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.
