Bankei Yōtaku Quotes
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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I'm still learning my craft.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable.
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It's better to waste money, than it is to waste time. You can always get more money.
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I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.
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Values are more important than money.
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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.
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I didn't have many friends; I might not have had any friends. But it all turned out good in the end, because when you aren't popular and you don't have a social life, it gives you more time to focus on your future.
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Other kids could read, other kids could write, other kids could spell, they could do math. I felt like an alien. I felt like an outcast. I felt like, 'What is going to happen to me?'
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Interdeterminacy was a figure-ground problem arising from incongruity between the visual bias of classical science and the new acoustic sensibilities.
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Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.
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No one is born with hate in their heart. Hate is something that has been taught. It is not an innate survival skill that we need; It is a form of stupidity that penetrates our minds and will eventually destroy us.
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The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.
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When your study of Buddhism is through you find you haven’t anything new.
