"Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing;……" — Kazuo Ishiguro
"Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers."
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138 Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro
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I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure,…
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I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way.
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You say you’re sure? Sure that you’re in love? How can you know it? You think love is so simple?
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It is all very well, in these changing times, to adapt one's work to take in duties not traditionally within…
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All you decent, well-meaning gentlemen, let me ask you, have you any idea what sort of place the world is…
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For a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is something…
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I still have a suspicion of charity and think the state has a role to play in many areas. And…
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I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British and my future was in Britain. And…
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You could say I'd rewritten the same novel three times and I thought I had to move on. The success…
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I have the feeling of this completely alternative person I should have become. There was another life that I might…
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Don’t you wonder sometimes, what might have happened if you tried?
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I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if…
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More Circumstances Quotes
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that…
— Neil Armstrong
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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of…
— Saint Augustine
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A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So…
— James A. Baldwin
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There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real…
— Christian Bale
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Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
— Dave Barry
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
— Joseph Addison
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic…
— John Berger
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The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other…
— Andrew Bernstein
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
— Tony Blair
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