Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes
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I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!
Patricia Polacco -
I liked to be around my friends, but my dad was out there, day in and day out.
Malik Jackson -
This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
Harold Pinter -
In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
Irwin Shaw -
I don't have a favorite author; I have favorite books. 'Moby Dick' is a favorite book, but Melville was a drunk who beat his wife. 'Moveable Feast' by Hemingway, but I would not like him personally. He was a stupid macho person who believed in shooting animals for fun, but that book was incredible!
Gary Paulsen -
A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.
Navjot Singh Sidhu
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
Baba Kalyani -
I am so appreciative of all the attention I've gotten, especially since I don't ever consider myself anything more than a fan.
Eddie Trunk -
There are no ordinary moments.
Dan Millman -
When people are frightened about going hungry and paying their mortgages, a scarcity model begins to prevail; they fear someone else will get their piece of the pie.
Barbara Kingsolver -
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Dale Carnegie -
Gospel is just the truth of the word of God. Anybody can sing it, anybody; anybody can perform it.
Yolanda Adams
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I generally fall sick if I eat very heavy food.
Nargis Fakhri -
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent.
Ram Dass -
I grew up on Long Island, and from as early as I can remember, as far back as first grade, I had two real passions - one of them was putting on plays, and the other was journalism. I was directing plays and editing school papers from first grade on, all the way through college.
R. J. Cutler -
I tend to latch on to things and not let go.
Damien Chazelle -
I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.
Ida B. Wells
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The world is so unhappy because it is ignorant of the true Self. Man's real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in the true Self. Man's search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true Self. The true Self is imperishable; therefore, when a man finds it, he finds a happiness which does not come to an end.
Ramana Maharshi -
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
Bill Bradley -
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
Pierre Beaumarchais -
This transaction creates the preeminent global food and consumer goods company. Together we will have a portfolio of powerful worldwide and regional brands, with strong growth prospects.
Niall FitzGerald -
IF YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED to reading works of speculative fiction and enjoy puzzling things out on your own, skip this Note. Otherwise, know that the scene in which this book is set is not Earth, but a planet called Arbre that is similar to Earth in many ways.
Neal Stephenson -
I'd no idea if anyone was actually watching.
Kazuo Ishiguro