Akihito Quotes
I hope that knowledge about past facts will continue to be passed down in a proper manner ... and will be used for future benefit.
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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The unknown used to be really scary, just that fear of, 'What's next? What if I'm not prepared?' I just don't feel that way anymore. I feel like the best is yet to come.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
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Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
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The fundamental law of nature is to not know too much about yourself.
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Charm is the true gift of the Fairies.
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The Internet is, among other things, a massive, chaotic marketplace. Too much information, it turns out, is a lot like no information.
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A timely and incisive look into the history, politics, and future of the Muslim Brotherhood by the foremost expert on Islamism in Egypt. Carrie Rosefsky Wickham has constructed a detailed account of how the Brotherhood confronts the challenges before it, and why and when it embraces change. Everyone concerned with the future of Egypt should read this book.
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Get bored with your past, it's over!
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I was lucky in my early years to play for a Karnataka team that was trying to forge itself into a strong side, and they were years of fun and learning. In the Indian team, I was fortunate to be part of a wonderful era when India played some of its finest cricket at home and abroad.
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I hope that knowledge about past facts will continue to be passed down in a proper manner ... and will be used for future benefit.
