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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When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.
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When you succeed, at a certain point, you want to challenge yourself. Otherwise, you become boring. You become a has-been. It's not very interesting. I don't want to be this guy who has only succeeded in France. I could say, 'O.K., that's it; merci.' But I'm not interested in that.
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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.
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Medical disenfranchisement is fueled by a host of factors that include worsening shortage of primary care doctors in needy communities and a troubling scarcity of providers willing to treat the uninsured or publicly insured. Adding to the trend are fewer medical students choosing primary care over more lucrative and specialized fields.
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Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).
