Yuri Kochiyama Quotes
I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all around you.
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The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place.
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The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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Well, I'm trilingual myself. I am, I know how to speak Spanish, English, obviously, and I speak pretty good Ebonics.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable civilization. Many of these people are lunatics, but they are not the lunatic fringe.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.
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We look back at the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments, where people screamed and hollered it's going to be too expensive, they couldn't afford it, and it wouldn't work. And it worked. It worked faster than people expected, at much less cost.
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Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.
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A hard man is good to find.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.
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I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.
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He who forgives readily only invites offense.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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I was a huge Lauryn Hill fan; that was all my mom would listen to in the car.
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I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all around you.
