Yuri Kochiyama Quotes
I lived in San Pedro, California, which is, you know, on the west side of California, and it's where many, many Japanese lived.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far.
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If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!
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Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.
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I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it.
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Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for.
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When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.
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I lived in San Pedro, California, which is, you know, on the west side of California, and it's where many, many Japanese lived.
