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'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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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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Three of the most beneficial, longevity promoting anti-cancer foods are green vegetables, beans, and onions.
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This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the differences between people of color and not of color.
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The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.
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I would hope the NBA Players Association would say that people like LeBron could come out early because he's so gifted, but if you stay, you stay three years. Your skill level will be greater, and the chances of you going to the NBA are much greater.
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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.
