Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
Every time I look into his eyes I just want to take the ice cream or whatever I've got in my hand and rub it into his face. That's how much I like him.

Quotes to Explore
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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Being a role model is about being true to myself.
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I feel great physically. I feel really good.
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The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.
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The one person whom I would like to be is Meryl Streep. Even at her age, she sits alongside the younger heroines at the Oscars with her name in the nominee list, and others around her wonder whether they still stand a chance.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
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I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his neck and rubbing his face with it.
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There certainly are people who are a pain to work with. I'd be crazy to name them. You can't be indiscreet in this business.
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At night the sea is very loud,And voices ride the tide.At another time, in another place,Beneath the silent moon,We laughed together.
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I never doubted that I would work, and every time I went to an audition, I went into the room with the knowledge that I was going to get the part. Ninety-nine times out of 100, I didn't.
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I was a freshman at Stanford University the first time someone called me a 'bama.' One of my new friends from D.C. said it, laughing, and even though I didn't know what it meant, exactly, I got that it was some kind of insult. I must have smirked or shrugged, which made him laugh harder, and then he called me 'country,' too.
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Every time I look into his eyes I just want to take the ice cream or whatever I've got in my hand and rub it into his face. That's how much I like him.