Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.
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As you get older, you see the world at a different angle, maybe more cynically, but I just bury my anger.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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We hunger to understand, so we invent myths about how we imagine the world is constructed - and they're, of course, based upon what we know, which is ourselves and other animals. So we make up stories about how the world was hatched from a cosmic egg or created after the mating of cosmic deities or by some fiat of a powerful being.
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I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.
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Rice cakes and peanut butter is my favorite snack in the whole wide world.
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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
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I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.
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When you're devoted to a greater freedom in the world, you're willing to compromise something you love.
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Ukrainian business must really embrace global competition. We need to understand that competition for resources and clients is not with competitors from across the street or from another city, but with millions of businesses around the world.
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I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking.
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Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world to see.
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I love Carpenter, I love Craven - these are all the classics - the Romeros of the world, but I think the biggest influence on me as a storyteller and as a filmmaker is actually Steven Spielberg. I love that even though Steven isn't known for being a horror director, he started out his career making scary movies.
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I don't like to listen to the unthoughtful criticism. When we have thoughtful criticism, I love it.
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If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.
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I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.
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Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).
