Koichi Tanaka Quotes
My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.

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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
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Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die.
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Press conferences aren't the best thing to do, but it's part of the job.
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Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.
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The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother then gave me a lesson in embracing my differences and loving them despite what others said.
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Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.
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Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
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I see myself as extremely lucky.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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My favourite flowers are English country roses - I had a bouquet of them for my wedding.
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I get these weird divine feelings. They're, like, so strong I can't shake them.
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I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.
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From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.
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..scumbled froth.. ..capable of indicating a mouth, eyes, a nose with a single stroke of the brush, the rest of the face modeled by the perfect accuracy of these indications.
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from The One and Only Official Mr. Gum Official Glossary That Tells You What Words Mean by Explaining Them Using Other Words: Launderette: This is where you go to wash your clothes. You put the money into the slot and then you chuck your clothes into the washing machine and about six hours and twenty-five dollars later all your clothes have shrunk and turned pink. Fantastic value
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My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.