Nagisa Oshima Quotes
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I like 'MacNeil/Lehrer.'
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The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
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I was never the girl who tore pictures out of wedding magazines.
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We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
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Both of my parents were super music lovers when I was growing up - they had a massive record and tape collection. I think my dad even had a couple of laser discs, but that was a short-lived thing.
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While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour.
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We are great believers in the idea that the Internet can help bring justice, but justice varies from place to place across the world.
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I've worked out for years. For a long time, it was my only sense of gratification.
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I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.
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Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
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Tests conducted before I graduated predicted a future for me in journalism, forestry, or the teaching of music; persons who know me well could recognize some truth in those seemingly errant prognoses.
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Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare.
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I used to dress like an eight-year-old boy. Traveling has inspired me to be more experimental.
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What has been presented as Christianity during these nineteen centuries is only a beginning, full of mistakes, not full blown Christianity springing from the spirit of Jesus.
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Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world.
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I love flip-flops. It's the one style of shoe I would be so proud of inventing: the Havaiana.
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I know some players like being the centre of attention and I admit that when I first became a player I liked fame, too. But that feeling lasted only for three months. Then I realised what it was really like to be the centre of attention all the time. It isn't all good.
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There have been times when I've feared for my own well-being in the great scheme of things because, historically, the track record has not been kind to the guitar players in this band.
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And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say.
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I love Pinterest! Pinterest is absolutely phenomenal when you're trying to come up with a costume design.
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I've read up on magic, and I think it sets you free, and it gives you hope. You can explore worlds you didn't know existed. It stretches your imagination, and I like my own imagination to be stretched and also the children I'm telling the story to. It gives you a sense of wonder.
Jenny Nimmo -
I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet. I think that's sort of a characteristic of the way I've worked ever since I started.
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I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.
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Nothing that is expressed is obscene. What is obscene is what is hidden.
