Naoto Kan Quotes
After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expression was no longer used.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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I wouldn't ever pose naked... I'm fine to do bikinis and certainly lingerie if I feel it's done tastefully... cute like Victoria's Secret, but nothing like raunchy or overly sexual.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news every day, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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Pluto is the new Mars.
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I love being Southern because of the people and the fans we have. People down here are more friendly - really warm people.
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We were completely DIY and very opinionated. We weren't the type that sat back or do what we're told… We never listened to many people.
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I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, but every time I show up on set it still feels like the first time.
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Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain expectations.
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After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expression was no longer used.
