Hanya Yanagihara Quotes

Go to any Shinto temple in Japan and you'll see it: a simple stand from which hang hundreds of wooden postcard-size plaques with a colorful image on one side and, on the other, densely scribbled Japanese characters in black felt-tip pen, pleas to the gods for help or succor.

Hanya Yanagihara

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People get to a certain age and success that they stop being curious. I'm still curious because I haven't really had that success. I've never done a record to catch whatever the latest sound is. It's my love of music, eclectic-ness, and the music that I heard my entire life that seeps in. That's what you're hearing.

Jill Sobule

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Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart!

Robert Gottlieb

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My music is genuine, and I'm talking about stuff that no one else - no one my age, anyway, in the game - is talking about. Nobody. I'm the only one really stating facts and speaking with real street knowledge.

Shy Glizzy

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You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a song.

Trent Reznor

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I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.

Tony Blair

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You might be the best Hamlet of your generation in the bathroom, but unfortunately, you have to come out and do it on stage, and it's best to do it to people who would fill the house.

Roger Rees

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I was actually a single man until I was 41. Rather late. Irish marry late.

Robert Vaughn

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Sometimes I have a tough time getting along with myself. When I was a child, I needed a lot of attention... and I don't have a small ego. For me, appearing on a stage or presenting a cake is the same thing. You need a crowd around you to do it.

Ron Ben-Israel

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If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.

Matt Bomer

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I am always baffled by age, but to be honest with you, I feel like I am about 34. I feel better now and I am certainly healthier than I was in my early 30s. I am more rounded, too.

Julia Sawalha

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I thought I sounded a little like Eartha Kitt for a long time, and I didn't like it.

Johnny Mathis

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I can be upset by malice. Most critics are very poor poets. Poetry is a craft that takes a lot to appreciate, and there are some critics who have no ear for it. An irresponsible critic can do a lot of psychic damage, but eventually, they don't affect your work.

Derek Walcott

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