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Kenzaburo Oe Quotes

The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: japanese
Birth: January 31, 1935

Topics

Country Position Japan Asia Invader

I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasn't necessarily intending to read.

Love I Am Information Admit Piece

I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize for best all-around student. Afterwards my father said to me, 'Never, ever disgrace me like that again.' When I tell my Western friends, they are aghast. But I adore my father. It didn't knock my self-esteem at all.

Father History Best Parents Me Said

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.

Stephen Gardiner

Architecture Living Contribution Dead

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

Leadership Believe I Believe Always

Growing up, I felt like I couldn't talk about certain things until I had the outlets to do so. Once you're able to be honest and say things as they are, it removes this crazy stigma and fear around it.

Fear Crazy Growing Up You Growing

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.

Joseph de Maistre

Vision Man Results Poor Everything

If I am writing down something and it is my idea, my imagination, it won't be fact.

Imagination I Am Writing Down Idea

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.

Hate People World Believe Doing

One of the things I am most proud of is refusing to serve in the military when drafted during the Vietnam War.

I Am War Proud Vietnam War Military

There is no such thing as an optimum life.

Life Thing Optimum

I was a business major at the University of Richmond, and after I graduated, I took a job at a corporate ad agency. I had comedic dreams, but I also had a realistic look at what I had to do when I left school: maybe I'm funny, but maybe I'm one of a hundred thousand funny people, you know?

Funny Dreams Business Job School

I used to write in a local coffee shop, but there was another guy, another writer, who kept sitting in my favorite seat. I would show up, and he would be there, and I would get exiled to a couch or something, and it would throw me off my game.

Coffee Me Game Sitting Write Up

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