Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.
Quotes to Explore
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
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I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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Getting to do 'December Songs' in a cabaret-style format was so interesting because it's like a one-woman song cycle that actually tells a story. It feels like a theatrical experience more than a cabaret because I didn't talk in between. We went from one song to the next, nine songs in a row - bam - I told the story in half an hour.
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When you have the first show set in India on American television, there's gonna be a Nervous Nellie kind of vibe.
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I always say show me a storyteller who doesn't embellish, and I'll show you a bad one.
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I'm usually listening to Sirius Satellite in the morning. 'The Heat' usually plays good music.
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There is nothing I hate more than meeting someone who has forgotten the art of conversing.
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As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.
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Like so many other positive acts, it turns out that hugging boosts our immune system. Plus it just plain feels good! So hug someone today, perhaps a person who seems particularly in need.
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With me, it was just a job. I never had stars in my eyes about the theatre.
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Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.
