Shinzo Abe Quotes
I think it is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more to the peace and stability not just of Japan and the region but of the entire world.
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When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.
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I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.
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In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
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I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I have to invariably do it in the same order every time, even if I only did it by chance the first time round.
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A brief short story may require only a few paragraphs after the climax. On the other hand, in his massive novel 'The World According to Garp,' John Irving's denouement consisted of 10 separate sections, each devoted to an individual character's fate and each almost a story in itself.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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If I get an obit in the Times, they will say, of course, known to millions as Rumpole.
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Space is very unforgiving business.
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Cum tot in hac anima populorum vita salusquependeat et tantus caput hoc sibi fecerit orbis,saevitia est voluisse mori.
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Sequoia is a firm that a lot of people across tech and the Valley look to, and I think they're setting an important example in adding new diversity to their team.
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'The UnAmericans' is a compassionate and brilliantly rendered debut - and for a book set largely in the past, these stories feel essential to understanding the contemporary world in which we live.
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I think it is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more to the peace and stability not just of Japan and the region but of the entire world.
