Takeru Kobayashi Quotes
I could easily go one or two days without realizing that I'm so, so hungry. That's the negative outcome of what I've become.
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There was a report that used to come out back in those days, I don't know if it was the Gavin Report or something like that. And they said, no matter what McGuire comes out with next, we're not gonna play it.
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We live in a period of declining stars. Few celebrities these days (aside from the smoldering Angelina Jolie) seem to have complex psychic lives.
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If there are negative people around me, I just try to distance myself from that.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.
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For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.
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When you leave, you basically want to go eat, because I talk a lot about food in my act. So when you leave, you leave hungry.
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None can be more negative in its impact than the limitation on human resource capacity.
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The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.
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I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.
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Everything has positive and negative consequences.
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I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path.
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I am not a gamer. Not since the days of Atari.
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I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.
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I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.
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As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.
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I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.
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I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'
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One time, I was so hungry, I ate the beans in a bean bag chair.
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Buy other authors' books when you go to their events. Even if you aren't going to read it. Even if you are going to give it away. Even if you aren't interested. Not just for the author but for the bookstore. It's karma and just plain good manners.
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I find the Democratic party overall, on a macro level, to be institutionally corrupt.
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Confidence is the invisible cement that binds a team together.
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I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that.
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I could easily go one or two days without realizing that I'm so, so hungry. That's the negative outcome of what I've become.
