Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.
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I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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We were playing a small club in San Diego and the power had gone out in the building. Eddie had a lighter and kept us lit backstage. We became very good friends and spent a lot of time together including hearing Eddie sing in some of the bands he was in at the time.
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Jennifer was great. She is fantastic. Really easy to work with, no drama, really down-to-earth, such a funny girl. Nothing but good things to say about her. She really was great to work with. And it always makes it easier when you’re working with people that you like and you enjoy being around.
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When I talk to students or young writers about the importance of being unafraid to take controversial positions, I'm struck by the degree to which they can't entertain a thought, much less commit one to paper, without imagining the cacophony of snark they'll get in response.
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Women have crucified the Mary Wollstonecrafts, the Fanny Wrights, and the George Sands of all ages. Men mock us with the fact and say we are ever cruel to each other... If this present woman must be crucified, let men drive the spikes.
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Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
