Arthur Golden Quotes
As an American man of the 1990s writing about a Japanese woman of the 1930s, I needed to cross three cultural divides - man to woman, American to Japanese, and present to past.
Quotes to Explore
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In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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I'm more of an artist and a songwriter than I am a DJ. That word seems a little bit - well, it doesn't really describe what I do.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.
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The production value of YouTube videos is not there.
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There's no regrets for me.
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It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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If you want the Migos to come to your venue, you need to have security there because of the type of music we're rappin'. We get fans excited.
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I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
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I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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No more turkey, but I'd like some more of the bread it ate.
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Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone, but I never had yours I followed you back to the end of the path, but I never found the door
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You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
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When I became a 'rock musician,' I assumed pop music was easy to write and that interesting rock music, or alternative music, was hard. It was only later I realised that writing a pop song is the hardest thing musically.
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You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.
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As an American man of the 1990s writing about a Japanese woman of the 1930s, I needed to cross three cultural divides - man to woman, American to Japanese, and present to past.
