Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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Another occupation might have been better.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
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Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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Unfortunately, the public might not know that we get a script usually two days before shooting. So sometimes I'm shooting an episode and don't even know how it's going to end because I haven't read that yet.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
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The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
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Thailand was built on compassion.
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How all becomes clear and simple when one opens an eye on the within, having of course previously exposed it to the without, in order to benefit by the contrast.
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Sending $300 to your grandma in Cuba doesn't change the dynamic with Castro.
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One day in the countryIs worth a month in town.
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No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation.
