Yasunari Kawabata Quotes

A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance.

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• But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Respect
  • Democracy
  • Link

• Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • People
  • Feeling
  • Compassion

• I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.

  

  Paige Turco
  • People
  • Movies
  • Actress

• The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • America
  • Idea
  • Newborn

• If you like gold, there are many reasons you should like Bitcoin.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
  • You
  • Gold
  • Bitcoin

• I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Women
  • Mind
  • Done

• To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Best
  • Appreciation
  • Hear

• The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two - is gone.

  

  Omar Khayyam
  • Men
  • Hope
  • Snow

• After that I won a prize, I was with a group of ancient music of Spain that they helped me a lot with a grant, you see, during three years. And so I made my debut in 1944 and I found myself helping my family, it was a very poor family.

  

  Victoria de los Angeles
  • Music
  • Family
  • Myself

• People dance and we have a lot of music and... this might be the closet I get for a while.

  

  Cameron Crowe
  • People
  • Music
  • Dance

• Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
  • Humor
  • Take
  • Sense Of Humor

• I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Thought

• I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnerability, particularly when it comes to adult humans, who can be a rather unpredictable lot.

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Think
  • Animal
  • Share

• I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very similar; the profile would increase, and we might be in a better position as a sport.

  

  Rajiv Ouseph
  • People
  • Better
  • Tennis

• I support this war on terror and the war on radical Islam.

  

  Dana Rohrabacher
  • War
  • Support
  • Islam

• At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Party
  • Dinner
  • New Years

• They say that women dress for other women, but I don't think that's entirely true. If we want to look flossy out-and-about on a Friday night, we're dressing for the boys - and it's nice when they notice.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Women
  • True
  • Night

• Sometimes I hate a shoe in seconds.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Hate
  • Sometimes
  • Shoe

• I'm fascinated by how much has changed from one generation to another. There are young people growing up now for whom apartheid is just a distant memory and the idea of military service is an abstract notion.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• I never really felt like I quite fit in. Other boys were playing sports and into hunting and stereotypically masculine activities. I was always more attracted to the arts. I loved to dance, I loved to sing, and I always knew I would be an actor. I don't really know why.

  

  Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
  • Why
  • Sports
  • Dance

• The most I ever ate? In one sitting? Maybe four big plates of fried chicken, biscuits, chitlins, gravy. Then dessert. Apple pie, sweet potato pie. My mother cooked that stuff, good Southern food, and when I was 300 pounds, I never missed a meal.

  

  Bruce Smith
  • Good
  • Mother
  • Food

• Now I am weary and I can no longer tell good from Evil, and I need someone to show me the way.

  

  Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Good
  • Evil

• A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance.

  

  Yasunari Kawabata
  • Sweet
  • Comforting