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.
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Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account.
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If you like gold, there are many reasons you should like Bitcoin.
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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.
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To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.
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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.
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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.
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People dance and we have a lot of music and... this might be the closet I get for a while.
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Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I support this war on terror and the war on radical Islam.
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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
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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.
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Sometimes I hate a shoe in seconds.
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My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk songs on it. I couldn't wait for him to finish so I could get my hands on it. I was seven or eight years old. And he used to have a Fender amp in his house and an electric guitar. I would spend hours making sounds.
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A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.
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A face peered. All the grey night In chaos of vacancy shone; Nought but vast Sorrow was there The sweet cheat gone.
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Personal trials are the great equalizer that continues to draw public fascination.
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A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance.
