Shigeru Yoshida Quotes
We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make that high school comedy. I used to work with Mel Brooks so they figured oh it's going to be one of those really silly movies and that's how it got made.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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We are a very big and vast Government, and naturally, every ministry is becoming bigger and bigger. It becomes, therefore, essential that there should be proper coordination.
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Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
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You need a big ego to be an artist.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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Our nation is today a powerful nation.
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I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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I always start with emotion. That's where I start all of my improvisations, on the piano. I always start with the mood or the feel of where I am in that moment.
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When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was in a boarding school and the nuns gave me poems to remember to try and get the memory going again.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I can swing my kids around and not worry about aches and pains.
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I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s.
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The scariest movie I have ever seen, and my favorite horror film is, 'The Exorcist.' It is a must-see horror/thriller classic. I watch it every couple of years.
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Protest poetry -- could there be consensus poetry?
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You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.
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We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.
