Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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I suffer from an amazing amount of insecurities, and I'm grateful that my body image, it's normally not something I pay attention to.
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Being on 'The Vampire Diaries' feels almost like a game you play when you're a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I'd take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.
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It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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I invested all my money in debt.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.
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Whoever wants to reach socialism by any other path than that of political democracy will inevitably arrive at conclusions that are absurd and reactionary both in the economic and the political sense.
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I had written for Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman in the past. Jimmy had a different voice, and different priorities. He couldn't be the bad guy in the joke; he couldn't upset people, really.
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My first full year of touring, I did 300 days on the road. That was not including the travel time or publicity or anything else - that was just dates. I was home probably less than 50 days that year.
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Traveloka is the clear online travel leader in Indonesia and is expanding aggressively throughout Southeast Asia.
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No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.
