Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on and many that I had no control over whatsoever.

Kazuo Ishiguro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeControlThoughtMy LifeBack

I think my legacy will be in what most people don't like about me: my style - the separation between judge and lawyers, judge and politics, the real independence of the judiciary from the executive, from the legislative, from money. I'm criticized in Brazil because of that. In the end, I hope to prevail.

Joaquim Barbosa

HopeStyleMoneyPoliticsPeopleMe

The first draft is all about freedom, and if loyalty is in question, it is only my loyalty to the characters and situations on the page. All the worries about where the material may have sprung from or what so-and-so might think can be dealt with later.

Jill McCorkle

FreedomLoyaltyThinkPageFirst

I meet young people all the time who say something like, 'I want to work in venture capital.' And I can see why. Who wouldn't want to be smart, well-paid, dispense large sums of money, and tell people what to do?

Andrew Yang

WorkTimeMoneySmartPeopleI Can

To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.

John Henrik Clarke

PeopleYouOppressionFirstConvince

In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before.

Jean Racine

SaidNowNothingFineBeenBefore

I don't text, I don't have a Blackberry. Literally, I just have a cell phone that I haven't programmed and the whole Bluetooth. No. I don't even have an earpiece for my cell phone.

Steve Carell

Cell PhonePhoneWholeJustText

I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

MusicMindThinkWrongGoWant

'Grey's' has this universal, global thing to it. It works all over the world.

Shonda Rhimes

WorldGreyOverUniversalGlobal

My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called 'Roc.'

Rocky Carroll

FoxFirstVentureTVSitcom

Why does 'I Love Lucy' still make people laugh? Because she's a specific character who has real reactions.

Martin Short

LoveCharacterPeopleLaughWhyShe

Being an American doesn't mean that you're guaranteed a high wage. You have to be productive, and we have to create a very low-cost, efficient place to do business, and we've let all that slip in America.

Michael Porter

BusinessAmericanAmericaYouCreate

If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with enormous amounts of display and marble and so on. They were havens off the street.

Joseph Rykwert

YouLookStreet1920sMarbleOff

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