Ayumi Hamasaki Quotes
I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to Japan. I couldn't even have anticipated that kind of welcome.
Quotes to Explore
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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I like being unconventional.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
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I think a lot of the dull parts of first drafts come from a kind of over-managing, intrusive writer who wants to direct traffic. The idea of taking out the parts that the reader could infer is very liberating, and it's weirdly part of radicalizing your work: it allows you to go to new places fast.
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The hideous god of war.
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As long as I'm able to write across the media and across the age groups, I'm happy.
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You now have the potential of 200 people deciding who ends up being elected president every single time.
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I stopped showering ever since I realized water causes people to drown. I cannot risk being so close to something that can murder me. Do you let killers into your house? Oh, but you let a murderer come out of your own faucet. Hypocrite.
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I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to Japan. I couldn't even have anticipated that kind of welcome.
