Ai Yazawa Quotes
The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?
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There's always someone in every group of friends that nobody likes.
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It's cool having a little bit of money to do your thing.
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What is fetus farming? Simply put, it is the creation and development of a human fetus for the purposes of later killing it for research or for harvesting its organs.
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It's hard to live in a blind and aimless - or dishonest, rather - narrative when somebody in your family is going farther toward - or at least think they are and say they are - their true self.
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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
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When things have gone really wrong in my life, I've cried like a child. I have really, really cried. I cry it out. Two-three days I cry, and then I'm like, enough, time to deal with reality and figure a way out. This is the way I have dealt with everything.
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Materialism in its literal sense is long since dead. ...It is ...belief in the universal dominance of scientific law which is nowadays generally meant by materialism.
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
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The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.
