Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.
Quotes to Explore
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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Humor is an antidote to all ills.
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There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the system,' 'insulting members of the parliament through paintings' and 'insulting the Supreme Leader' with her cartoon.
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It's a really important thing for Aboriginal people to remember how stories are told and the power of stories, and make it an important feature in our world again.
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On Tuesday 26 July 2011, I was arrested in front of the White House along with a dozen other pro-immigrant advocates and clergy. We sat down on the sidewalk in front of the White House with a banner that read 'One Million Deported Under President Obama' and refused to move when the police ordered us to.
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The 3-hour Diet is absolutely safe - in fact it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle! Once you reach your goal weight, you just adjust the portion sizes slightly to maintain that optimal weight.
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I never feel like I need to make a song that sells 5 million copies; that's not the point of why I make music. It's great if that happens, like it did with 'Clarity,' but my goal is to always make a better track than the last one.
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There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.
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Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.
