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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive
Religion Modernity Necessary Mutually
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When I was a teenager, I thought how great it would be if only I could write novels in English. I had the feeling that I would be able to express my emotions so much more directly than if I wrote in Japanese.

Able Could Directly Emotions
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I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

Learned Easily Forgiving
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Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they suffer from feelings of isolation. I think that is one reason why young readers support my work.

Difficult Feelings I Think Independent
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I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

About Actual Because Decision
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I believe that if we want our children to understand the world beyond their classroom, we must bring the world into their classroom.
Believe Children Classroom
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.

Really Political Feel Born
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Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing.

About Because Describe Every
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I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven't belonged to any company or any system. It isn't easy to live like this in Japan.

Any Been Belonged Company
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There's absolutely nothing that the God I believe in cannot do.
God Believe Cannot Absolutely
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How can the cost of education be the cost of life? It is unacceptable; it is reprehensible that we have allowed it to fester.

Cost Education Life Unacceptable
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Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games.

Compete Culture Games High
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For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I can continue yesterday's dream today, something you can't normally do in everyday life.

Awake Continue Dream Everyday
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Whenever I write a novel, music just sort of naturally slips in (much like cats do, I suppose).

Cats I Write Just Like
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I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something.

About Am Country Feel
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I have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way.

Created Japanese Literature Models
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
Among Appreciate Freedom Life
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Many people tell me that they don 't know what to feel when they finish one of my books because the story was dark, or complicated, or strange. But while they were reading it, they were inside my world and they were happy. That's good.

Because Books Complicated Dark
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I could have been a cult writer if I'd kept writing surrealistic novels. But I wanted to break into the mainstream, so I had to prove that I could write a realistic book.

Been Book Break Could
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Whatever your traducers may do, they will come back someday and meet you where you were and always will be- calmly sitting with the Solid Rock known as The Truth which never falters.

Traducers Meet Truth Solid rock
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A validated girl becomes an empowered woman. A girl who is validated by her father early, will be unstoppable. Male leaders who want to better their economies, must invest in women and girls

Girl Woman Empowered Unstoppable
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I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

Believe Earth God Ordinary
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I would like to see a lot of people more involved in practical solutions to practical problems. Women have got to the point where we can turn the world upside down.

Women Solutions Practical Problems
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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

About Ball Complains Dropped
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.

Ahead Ball Coach Contract
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Ability Discover Fine Others
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.
Life Pass Spectator You
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Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Happens How Life Ninety
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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

Bored Burning Burning Desire Desire
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

Before Coaching Fired Get
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

Eliminate Motivated Motivation Simple
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I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.
Believe Everybody Having I Believe
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I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.

Environment Ever I Was Raised Known
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.

First Football Job Mary
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

Analyst Coach Game Like
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All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.

Agent Buy Damage Dependent
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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?

Been Do You Know How Know
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.

About Everybody Nineties Obligations
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To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
Championship Got Little Lucky
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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

Focused Goal Got Heaven
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.

Ask God Never Success Power
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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.

Back Confession Discipline Due
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.

Blessing Just Live Holy
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I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.

Anything Been Changed College
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All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.

All My Life Been Closest Come
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.

Faith Clinging Shrine Endless
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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.

Assure Nothing Politics Will
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Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Root Discipline Sense Dignity
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.

Happiness Beginning Lies Life
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.

Reason Arrogance Betrays Intelligence
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