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Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes

It's all right. I'm not upset. After all, they were just things. When you've lost your mother and your father, you can't care so much about things, can you? Picture Quote #1

We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time Picture Quote #1

Plenty of couples, they start off loving each other, then get tired of each other, end up hating each other. Sometimes though it goes the other way Picture Quote #1

You'll figure it out! You get on your plane and I'll get on mine. And we'll see which one crashes! Picture Quote #1

It was like being given a maths problem when your brain's exhausted, and you know there's some far off solution, but you can't work up the energy even to give it a go. Something in me just gave up Picture Quote #1

I don't know why, but it didn't seem an option for more than one of us to storm off, and I wanted to make sure that one was me Picture Quote #1

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There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one's life Picture Quote #1

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 greatness, and feels no need to shout it Picture Quote #1

Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something Picture Quote #1

How so much honourable is such a contest, in which one's moral conduct and achievement are brought as witnesses rather than the size of one's purse Picture Quote #1

But you will no doubt agree that the very best staff plans are those which give clear margins of error to allow for those days when an employee is ill or for one reason or another below par Picture Quote #1

Dinner will be served at the usual time and I am pleased to say there will be no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time Picture Quote #1

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If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of Picture Quote #1

What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer’s life with the writing. I think that’s something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now Picture Quote #1

When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on, and many that I had no control over whatsoever Picture Quote #1

I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away from the immediate world around me Picture Quote #1

I spent ages figuring out things like viewpoint, how you tell the story, and so on Picture Quote #1

I think jogging is bad for your health. All that pressure on the knees and back cannot be good for you Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood Picture Quote #1

There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you’re going to write before you die Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It’s important to see the film as a film Picture Quote #1

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 just so happens you grew up at a certain point in this process Picture Quote #1

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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 none of us really understand what we’ve lived through, or feel we’ve had enough time Picture Quote #1

It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you’ve made, and there’s this panic because you don’t know yet the scale of disaster you’ve left yourself open to Picture Quote #1

She might be a great person, but life’s so much bigger than just loving someone Picture Quote #1

Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one’s development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one’s ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself Picture Quote #1

I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends... Of course, it rarely ends that way Picture Quote #1

Now naturally, like many of us, I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways Picture Quote #1

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It's all right. I'm not upset. After all, they were just things. When you've lost your mother and your father, you can't care so much about things, can you? (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) Plenty of couples, they start off loving each other, then get tired of each other, end up hating each other. Sometimes though it goes the other way (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) You'll figure it out! You get on your plane and I'll get on mine. And we'll see which one crashes! (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) It was like being given a maths problem when your brain's exhausted, and you know there's some far off solution, but you can't work up the energy even to give it a go. Something in me just gave up (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) I don't know why, but it didn't seem an option for more than one of us to storm off, and I wanted to make sure that one was me (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one's life (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) 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 greatness, and feels no need to shout it (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) How so much honourable is such a contest, in which one's moral conduct and achievement are brought as witnesses rather than the size of one's purse (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) But you will no doubt agree that the very best staff plans are those which give clear margins of error to allow for those days when an employee is ill or for one reason or another below par (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) Dinner will be served at the usual time and I am pleased to say there will be no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer’s life with the writing. I think that’s something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on, and many that I had no control over whatsoever (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away from the immediate world around me (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) I spent ages figuring out things like viewpoint, how you tell the story, and so on (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) I think jogging is bad for your health. All that pressure on the knees and back cannot be good for you (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) 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 (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you’re going to write before you die (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) 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 (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It’s important to see the film as a film (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) 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 just so happens you grew up at a certain point in this process (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) 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 none of us really understand what we’ve lived through, or feel we’ve had enough time (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you’ve made, and there’s this panic because you don’t know yet the scale of disaster you’ve left yourself open to (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) She might be a great person, but life’s so much bigger than just loving someone (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one’s development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one’s ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends... Of course, it rarely ends that way (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes) Now naturally, like many of us, I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways (Kazuo Ishiguro Quotes)

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