Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Many people think that the U.S. is ahead in the frontier technology sectors as a result of private sector entrepreneurship. It's not. The U.S. federal government created all these sectors.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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You have giant Facebook, which wants people to be more engaged, and they also want to grow and trade different things, including content.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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The fans have a fundamental part to play at the club and their support has to be the foundation of everything.
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My nan tells me to eat her fish balls and not drink alcohol. I'd rather have the fish balls.
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Having 'The Expats' not be 'wholesale-y' rejected by the world made it possible for me to write the second book and have a publisher buy it before it was entirely written. And it made it easier for me and my publisher to get 'The Accident' out into the world without trying to convince people to pay attention to it the way you do for a first novel.
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The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence.
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
