Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force.
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Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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Well you know it's dangerous in politics, because especially in the Philippines there's a lot of killing in politics.
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Now all my teachers are dead except silence.
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One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read 'Matilda.' I wrote my own version and my teacher had it bound and permitted me to read it to the class - cementing my love of reading, writing and Roald Dahl!
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
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Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.
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That's one of the things that I've loved about 'Spider-Man' and Marvel in general. The characters all have dimension.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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I need a girl who will put me in my place, but I also want to laugh and have a good time.
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The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.
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I think part of the problem that the Republicans have is that the base has, in many cases, certain litmus test issues on which they are black and white on their thinking.
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My first performance was in second grade with my friend Rodney Fisher, and we worked up versions of 'Long Tall Texan' and 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.' It gave me a little early confidence that I could actually do this music thing.
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It was as if he grew his hair long and smoked cigarettes because he liked to, not because he liked being seen to. This was dangerously subversive.
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What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.
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What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
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So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force.
