Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

I don't have a deep link with England like, say, Jonathan Coe or Hanif Kureishi might demonstrate. For me, it is like a mythical place.

Kazuo Ishiguro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeDeepPlaceSayLikeEngland

Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

Jim Elliot

LiveGodBelieveYouSituationWill

I first met Dr. King in 1954 when I was a student at Alabama State University and a member of a local church down there. He was in town to organize a rally against public transportation. Rosa Parks had been arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man, which was illegal back then.

Jesse White

ManKingChurchTransportationDown

Our secret desire as women is to have a guy who falls madly in love with us even though we're incredibly opinionated or we're not the sort of normal, polite, poised woman.

Jennifer Coolidge

LoveWomenWomanDesireSecretGuy

Traveling the road can be quite tiresome.

Stephen Hough

RoadTravelingQuiteTiresome

When I had kids, I became a better actor. I just stole from them.

Stellan Skarsgard

BetterActorJustKidsThemHad

Obviously, there's always a battle over philosophical leanings and persuasions, but the bottom line here is that Americans need to understand that this is an ideology in jihadist terrorism that is dangerous beyond words, and we need the moderate Muslim voices to be heard here if this is to be diminished in Islam itself.

Trent Franks

WordsBattleDangerousUnderstand

We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.

Mary Astell

HappyMayOurMuchOughtEndeavour

Your job, as a head coach and general manager, is to listen and not bypass any opportunity to help your team improve.

Josh McDaniels

OpportunityJobTeamHelpManager

The Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci used to say that for her, an interview was like a war. I get the sense that we've forgotten that here in the United States. You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.

Jorge Ramos

PowerWarYouCozySaySee

We have no companies now, not in the sense that I know, that nurture actors. It's very depressing that, given the money they get, the companies today don't number up in my estimation. They should be bringing on young talent, and they don't.

Diana Rigg

TodayMoneyTalentKnowYoungNow

My mother is most attached to my brother because she has the feeling that she could not provide him anything. By the time I was born, at least I got a meal and a half a day, but he sometimes got only water.

Dhanush

MotherTimeWaterDayBrotherBorn

Please spare us the self-pity about how tough it is to look for a job while living with your parents.

Bret Stephens

JobParentsToughLookLivingUs

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