Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.
Quotes to Explore
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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Yoga is a life-saver.
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Rarely do you walk down the street doing anything that my grandparent's generation did. And half of that comes with the technology advances.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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You know how you put peanut butter on a piece of bread and the bread falls - it never falls on the bread side down, it always falls peanut butter side down. That's because of gravity.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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I write novels and other things.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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I try to live joyfully and the by the rule of treating others how you'd want to be treated - that's a good one to stick by.
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To do what I love every day and have the support of the fans, it does not happen like this all the time, so it is important to be thankful... I know it doesn't last forever, and we have to get it while we can.
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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I never grew up in the Valley. I lived in Compton/Gardena my whole life.
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Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.
