Naoto Kan Quotes
While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.
Quotes to Explore
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years.
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Fashion is not art. Fashion is a business that requires discipline and attention to detail and very organized systems of logistics and operations and processes. But even with the most smoothly oiled machine to manage the business, without creativity, fashion could not exist.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.
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Maharaj-ji, in my first darshan, my first meeting with him, showed me his powers. At that point I was impressed with the power. But subsequently, I realized that it was really his love that pulled me in. His love is unconditional love.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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The reason why I love to win is because I don't have to go through that feeling of losing. It's those times where I lose that feeling that will stick with me.
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Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion and that people with serious illnesses, like kidney disease, may be at increased risk for anemia.
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Life doesn't always go according to plan, and we don't always act in a way that represents who we are. What matters is that these moments become teaching moments.
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Violence is not a constitutionally protected right. Damaging property is not a constitutionally protected right; inciting violence is not a constitutionally protected right.
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There's this famous observation that I totally believe: Great startup ideas are the ones that lie in the intersection of the Venn diagram of 'is a good idea' and 'looks like a bad idea.' So you want most people to think it's a bad idea and thus not compete with you until you get giant. But for it to secretly be good.
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While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.
