Dignity Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro

8 Dignity quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Kazuo Ishiguro offers eight succinct musings on dignity, revealing the subtle restraint and lyrical precision of his voice. These lines, while few, hint at the layered humanity that underpins his storytelling.

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He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say…

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There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the…

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“There is, after all, a real limit to how much ordinary people can learn and know, and to demand that each and…

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What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find…

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“And let me now posit this: ‘dignity’ has to do crucially with a butler’s ability not to abandon the professional being he…

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“the applicant be possessed of a dignity in keeping with his position.”

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What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather…

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I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in…

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The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.

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As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

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“About him and his wife voting for different parties. A few years ago that would have been unthinkable.” “No doubt.” “Quite extraordinary the things…

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“But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? One could presumably…

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“Silence is just as likely to indicate the most profound ideas forming, the deepest energies being summoned.”

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“I don't know why, but it didn't seem an option for more than one of us to storm off, and I wanted to make…

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Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years…

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“For however one may come in later years to reassess one’s achievements, it is always a consolation to know that one’s life has contained…

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You're always in a rush, or else you're too exhausted to have a proper conversation. Soon enough, the long hours, the traveling, the broken…

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I don't think it's any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep…

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I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. They might be millionaires, or they might be starving people.

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“But this small episode is as good an illustration as any of the hazards of uttering witticisms. By the very nature of a witticism,…

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There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you're going to write before you die.

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My wife is the most savage critic. She doesn't feel intimidated by my reputation. As far as she's concerned, she's just criticising a boyfriend…

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