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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I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it – in a world in which everything else is out of control.
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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 grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away.
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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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While the technology revolution has yet to reach far into the households of those in developing countries, this is certainly another area where more developed countries can assist those in the less developed world.
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I think that the Japanese - and I do love Japanese cuisine and adore Japanese food culture - I think that they're going to plow through the entire world's fishing. They're going to eat everything anyways.
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All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.
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Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's okay. I don't make those kinds of movies.
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I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.
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Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).
