Takashi Murakami Quotes
My aesthetic sense was formed at a young age by what surrounded me: the narrow residential spaces of Japan and the mental escapes from those spaces that took the forms of manga and anime.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories.
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If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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I haven't leaked anything to anybody. They are wrong!
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The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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I grew up on 'Lost.' I was 17 when I started, and I did it for four or five years, on and off.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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If we want to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, it starts with a fair wage, adequate working conditions, and the resources and support to succeed. Remember: teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
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The final words of a domestic bully: If you leave me now furious angels will descend upon you and bring you back to me.
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He said, 'They're only whores,' as though their very availability rendered them worthless.
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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
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I am just a guy who plays drums.
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A convert, if he converts through the Orthodox, he has the Jewish gene. If he doesn't convert through the Orthodox, he doesn't have the Jewish gene. As simple as that.
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My aesthetic sense was formed at a young age by what surrounded me: the narrow residential spaces of Japan and the mental escapes from those spaces that took the forms of manga and anime.
