Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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I feel like I want to and have to do everything once.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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I certainly didn't reach out to my old assets and ask 'em how they're doing, although I would have liked to.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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Guitar Hero has been so successful that a lot of people were questioning how it was possible to innovate on the most successful franchise of its kind.
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When I'm in the studio, I'm strictly thinking about the beats, the rhymes and the song. The decision I make once the songs are created, and there's a barcode put on the package, and I'm out there in the street selling it, those decisions as a businessman are different than the creative decisions you make.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.
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My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'
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The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.
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I love boliche, roasted pig, and black beans and rice. When I need a quick fix, I head to Cafe Cortadito on Avenue B and 3rd here in New York City.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties for me to step away from the team.
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Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
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What scares me? Oh, now that's a big question. I don't know what scares me – cockroaches, nuclear apocalypse. Fear is an interesting thing. It has a place in all of our lives. I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.
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I don't think I made many sacrifices myself, but my parents have.
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I started playing quarterback my junior year of high school.
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The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this.
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Live your life, experience something, and then you're going to have a lot of things to say. But if you hang around in Hollywood, then you're going to say the same thing as everyone else - nothing.
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The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.
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When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.
