Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes
I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It's even worse when they try to read your mail.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
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You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.
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Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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Modeling is exciting, but I certainly felt frustrated that I couldn't speak out or express myself. I always wanted to express my desires in some other medium.
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Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but thyself.
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Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.
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I don't know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective. But the older I get, the more I realize that you don't have to be around people you don't want to be around, and you don't have to be in a situation you don't want to be in.
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Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.
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I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.
