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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My mother had a great vinyl collection, and she was constantly playing female singer-songwriters. I first learned about classic song structures by listening to them, and Laura Nyro particularly stood out. Her voice was outside what you'd usually hear on the radio; that really appealed to me.
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I think it certainly is the responsibility of the rich to support and regenerate society.
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I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are.
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As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there's Pacino and for Pacino there's De Niro.
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Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.
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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.
