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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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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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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You don't know fear until it's 7 A.M. and freezing cold on live television, and you're not sure if Justin Bieber is going to kiss you or not.
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Every new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings.
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If there's anything about longevity in television, it's about knowing what to take and what to turn down, and what to stop.
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Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.
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The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves.
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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.