Hakuun Yasutani Quotes
The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.
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I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an L.A. group who goes to New York might not do the same because the audience hasn't been introduced to the group.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.
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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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I eat healthy and don't even get on a scale. I have my favorite jeans that I wear, and if they are getting too snug, I watch what I eat for a week.
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I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.
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When I was little, I had concerts on the subway, and old ladies came up to me like, 'You are so good!'
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I always have a lot of things going on because some things take years to make and others take five minutes. I like that there's always something going on. Working doesn't have such a momentous feel - like it's all or nothing.
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Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
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Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.
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Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
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Fishing ... is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.
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Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.
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When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next novel, so that I usually don't write, or take notes. And I certainly don't begin. I just allow things to percolate for a while.
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I like character-driven stuff that shows humanity and something that can make people think.
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There's been a long lineage of a stranger in a strange land, whether it's 'E.T.,' 'Starman,' or other movies about trying to connect with humanity; it struck me that's what a Superman story really is.
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The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.
