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Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

Bears Cracked Crude Dance
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I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.

Always Behalf Characters Endure
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I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
Expert Humor Sense SenseOfHumor
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All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.

Exact Geometry Inventions Poetry
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

Right Dangerous Matters Authorities
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History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History Register Crimes Misfortunes
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Falsehood Wise Man Trust
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I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic.

Always Anybody Anywhere Difficult
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I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.

Along Aspects Beautiful Before
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
Course Democracy Good Prescription
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I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching.

Because Call Express Fiction
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You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.

Asleep Awake Dream Intentionally
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Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.

Children Education Grow Lead
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Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.

Be Happy Because Cats Confidence
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I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch.

Found Online Opened Window
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You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you don't have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I don't know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I don't know how much I pay in taxes.

About Best Buy Earn
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.

Rather Dealt Person
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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 have maintained that we can disagree without being disagreeable. We can object without being objectionable

Disagree Disagreeable Object Objectionable
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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'm a writer. I don't support any war. That's my principle.
Any Principle Support War
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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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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

Person Sacrifice Others
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Young people these days don't trust anything at all. They want to be free.

Anything Days Free People
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When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.

Any Come Just Plan
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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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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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My heroes don't have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don't know how, so they talk to themselves.

Anything Heroes How Know
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
Among Appreciate Freedom Life
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Keep the faith! It is not over until it is over. Don't swallow your Voice until our Democracy evolves into assured Good Governance

Faith Voice Democracy Evolves
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I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural.

Been Every Full Getting
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I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

Concentration Fun Helps Me
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Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes me.

Humans Matches Me Mere
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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 had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.

Ambition Because Books Good
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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 won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

Accept Anything Best Capable
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Adversity Done Me Overcome
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No one has ever drowned in sweat.
Drowned Ever No-One Sweat
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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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Don't be voiceless when you have had the privilege of being educated. You can only become voiceless by choice. You must not make that choice

Voiceless Privilege Educated Choice
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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

Career Defeat Everyone Experience
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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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