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People Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro
- I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are…
- For a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I…
- I still have a suspicion of charity and think the state has a role to play in many areas. And although for most of the…
- You could say I'd rewritten the same novel three times and I thought I had to move on. The success of the book, and then…
- I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was ever going to…
- My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni…
- People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary…
- As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
- People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.
- What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.
- I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People…
- I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each…
- You have to accept that sometimes that's how things happen in this world. People's opinions, their feelings, they go one way, then the other. It…
- The problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really understand, and I…
- If you were a boy and a girl and you were in love with each other, really, properly in love, and if you could show…
- I realised, of course, that other people used these roads; but that night, it seemed to me these dark byways of the country existed just…
- What I'm not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe…
- I can see,’ Miss Emily said, ‘that it might look as though you were simply pawns in a game. It can certainly be looked at…
- Perhaps one day, all these conflicts will end, and it won't be because of great statesmen or churches or organisations like this one. It'll be…
- Everything might scatter. You might be right. I suppose it's something we can't easily get away from. People need to feel they belong. To a…
- We always like to keep our children in a kind of bubble and censor the bad news about the world. We like to tell them…
- I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the '70s and became disillusioned in the '80s. Not just about…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle