Hisaaki Kawabata Quotes & Sayings

It had given him a charge of entitlement and invincibility he would draw upon through life, like a limitless bank account.) — Joyce Carol Oates

These two experiences of scarcity - not having enough and not being enough - affect our ability to love each other, fully, joyfully, and sacrificially. — Richard Beck

We make her paint her face and dance
If she won't be a slave, we say that she don't love us
If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man
While putting her down we pretend that she is above us — John Lennon

Boosting education will be a direct counterbalance to Boko Haram's appeal. In particular we must educate more young girls, ensuring they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty. — Muhammadu Buhari

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end,each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a genaral responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think can be most useful. — Marie Curie

The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space. South — Edward Abbey

Just because we're fictional characters doesn't mean you can pick us up and move us anywhere you want.
the people of Lake Woebegon — Garrison Keillor

I can't take this any more, I'm out of here - on leaving Hell's Kitchen — Dwain Chambers

An odd outlook on life is the beginning of good comedic writing. — Phil Vischer

An artist does not have to think about what he is doing. — Irving Stone

Often, women who lose babies are blamed for the loss of those children and are ostracised. — Jane Chen

I wouldn't say that I was an actress. I tried to be an actress. I really didn't have the gift. — Zoe Cassavetes