Akira Mori Quotes
In my family, there were Kei and Minoru and then there were the rest. Everyone in my family is very opinionated and everyone tried to join the debate. But by the time my turn came, there was nothing left to say. I couldn't keep pace, so I looked to do my own things.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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I don't say I was 'proceeding down a thoroughfare;' I say I 'walked down the road'. I don't say I 'passed a hallowed institute of learning;' I say I 'passed a school'.
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For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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I caught up on a lot of just domestic normal everyday stuff, and grew up a lot, and went to therapy, and did a lot of contemplating and figuring things out. I needed to just strip everything away and figure out who I am and get to know myself, as cheesy as that sounds.
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Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
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My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
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Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
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And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
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Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
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In a film, you have to externalize things that are internal and of course it becomes a debate about to what extent you do that.
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I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.
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One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.
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If you want to achieve something, you're going to run into roadblocks, but you have to learn how to pivot and explore your options.
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I do think that with any kind of infidelity, on some level - unless you're dealing with a sociopath - there's always a reason.
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We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.
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As a parent, you have to be good coach and bad coach, and I think in the college-application process, I didn't want to be bad coach. 'This is amazing! I'm so proud of you!' That's the role I wanted with my kids.
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I think we need to do a little more all-weather testing.
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I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.
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I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.
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I'm not a long-term member of the 'Breaking Bad' family.
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I'm not a natural employer. I live very privately, and we like our privacy at home. To be sitting and talking with your wife or your family and to have somebody walking around and you're ignoring them, I couldn't handle that at all. I can barely handle a cleaning lady coming in every so often.
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I'm most proud of my family.
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In my family, there were Kei and Minoru and then there were the rest. Everyone in my family is very opinionated and everyone tried to join the debate. But by the time my turn came, there was nothing left to say. I couldn't keep pace, so I looked to do my own things.
