Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me eligible for literary awards. But I still think I'm regarded as one of their own in Japan.

Kazuo Ishiguro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: japanese
  • Birth: November 8, 1954

Topics

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I don't think too far ahead because I want to appreciate what's happening now.

Jessie Ware

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Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.

Andre Breton

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I didn't start playing drums until I was 12, for school band; they didn't have any saxophones left. My step-pops had a kit at the house, and I had never done anything that I understood so quick. It was so natural. It was the most fun and consistent thing in my life.

Anderson Paak

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I think for any small business that's bootstrapped, the overwhelming challenge initially is getting to positive cash flow.

John Mackey

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If night raids and detentions are an unavoidable part of modern counterinsurgency warfare, then so is the resentment they breed.

Anand Gopal

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My work schedule doesn't always accommodate my workout schedule, but I make do with what time I've got.

Sterling K. Brown

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One thing I learned is that the park by the river in a recent story, 'Getting Closer,' is the same park by the river that appears for a moment near the end of 'The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad,' a story first published 23 years earlier. This echo at first irritated me, then pleased me deeply.

Steven Millhauser

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Some people shy around 'The Cobbler.' 'The Cobbler' will always be a very special film to me. I've had a lot of wonderful response from 'The Cobbler.'

Tom McCarthy

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The food pyramid is very complicated. It doesn't give you as much info in a quick glance as the plate does.

Tom Vilsack

FoodYouComplicatedQuickGive

Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.

Tom Wolfe

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If we are paying attention to our lives, we'll recognise those defining moments. The challenge for so many of us is that we are so deep into daily distractions and 'being busy, busy' that we miss out on those moments and opportunities that - if jumped on - would get our careers and personal lives to a whole new level of wow.

Robin S. Sharma

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I've made it abundantly clear and I'll repeat yet again there's no question of gagging individuals.

Ron Davies

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