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Own Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro
- I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me…
- When a man induces his wife to turn suspicious thoughts against her own father, then that is surely cause enough for resentment.
- It is one of the enjoyments of retirement that you are able to drift through the day at your own pace, easy in the knowledge…
- I wouldn't want to try to adapt something of my own. It would be like going back to school and doing all my exams again.
- I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?
- What he wanted was not just to hear about Hailsham, but to remember Hailsham, just like it had been his own childhood. He knew he…
- Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and takes…
- Even at the time, I realised this couldn't be right, that this interpretation didn't fit with the rest of the lyrics. But that wasn't an…
- He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least.…
- As with a wound on one's own body, it is possible to develop an intimacy with the most disturbing of things
- What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov