Okakura Kakuzo Quotes
It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.
Quotes to Explore
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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'Free State of Jones' went beyond that. It got into how the South wasn't as homogenous as we thought it was - or even the North for that matter, where we like to assume everyone wanted to free the slaves and they were all abolitionists. It actually shows how complex these ideologies were on both sides.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
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'Power' is a funny thing. Maybe it's a show that draws people in because they are watching people do things they secretly wish they could do or know they could get away with.
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I'm personally looking for artists that are along the lines of today's pop stars. Whether it be a Rihanna or a Justin Bieber or a Kanye West or a Beyonce or a Lady Gaga, I'm looking for talent that's like that, that's what I love.
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It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
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I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
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I'm definitely post-something.
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In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.
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We tend to think about fascism in terms of the Second World War.
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I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do - tell the story with images. I can't wait to see what they do.
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I want to get out there and do anything, but I still don't know about riding roller coasters. I've never been on one. There is something about being strapped in and on a track; I always feel like we're going to be launched off somewhere.
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I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.
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We are all sensible that the king and Tisaphernes have caused as many of us as they could to be apprehended, and it is plain they design, by the same treacherous means, if they can, to destroy the rest.
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I have never ever argued about billings because I don’t think that they mean anything.
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It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.
