Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses.

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I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.
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I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
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We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.
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Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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People are so familiar with the show that I think they're perfectly happy to let it go by without asking any questions. There's a passivity to how we experience 'The Sound of Music.'
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Literature plays a huge role in examining difficult real-life issues.
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I'm not at all overextended... I'm very, very hands-on.
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There is no other art medium like tattooing in the world. When the customer comes in with a basic idea, it is up to me to design and translate that idea onto skin. I really appreciate when customers have enough trust in what I can do.
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In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses.