Ruth Ozeki Quotes

The American society around me looked at me and saw Japanese. Then, when I was 19, I went to Japan for the first time. And suddenly - what a shock - I realized I wasn't Japanese; they saw me as American. It was an enormous relief. Now I just appreciate being exactly in the middle.

Ruth Ozeki

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TimeMeSocietyAppreciateAmerican

History shows that you can't - you can't have security in Southeast Asia without security in Northeast Asia. It's just the reality.

Jim Webb

HistoryRealityYouSecurityWithout

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

John Frankenheimer

LifeDinnerMy LifeSomeoneWant

For a lot of people, 'Dungeons & Dragons' has been a hard thing to describe. I can't tell you how many social environments I've been in where I say, 'I play 'D&D,'' and a bunch of normies will be like, 'How does the game even work? What's that like?' I didn't have anything to really describe it that didn't make me sound like a crazy person.

Matthew Mercer

WorkPeopleMeCrazyGameYou

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Jean Paul

CourageTimePersonCowardDanger

I've never wanted sympathy votes in anything I do in my life.

Amy Purdy

LifeSympathyMy LifeNeverAnything

People often only see one side to someone's personality, but there are levels.

Ross Lynch

PersonalityPeopleSomeoneSeeSide

I have aspirations to try and compete professionally. Any golfer that competes in tournaments would be lying if they said they didn't.

Lucas Black

SaidLyingTryCompeteAspirations

You see, rebellion, and the disobedience it causes, keeps us from having the power of God that's available to us as Christians.

Joyce Meyer

GodPowerYouRebellionSeeUs

There are always going to be times when it doesn't flow as much as you were hoping. So of course I'm going to fail. And when I do fail I hope I fail better and better, again and again. I am happy to fail.

Joseph Fiennes

HopeI AmHappyBetterI Am Happy

In order for President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden to be moderates, they just have to present themselves between the extremes of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's isolationism and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's hawkishness - the difference between living in a cave or conducting ourselves so that we're in need of one.

Donna Brazile

PresentLivingCaveNeedFlorida

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

Peter Capaldi

FriendMarriageBrotherProblemsYou

Hollywood has always seen Sondheim as a caviar brand unsuitable for a popcorn industry.

Richard Corliss

BrandHollywoodPopcornAlwaysSeen

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