"Beauty exists where you least expect to find it."

--

Source : Gail Tsukiyama (2008). “The Samurai's Garden: A Novel”, p.148, Macmillan

Gail Tsukiyama

“I was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family. I shouldn't be saying it, but it slipped out!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Unless the distant goals of meaning, greatness, and destiny are addressed, we can't make an intelligent decision about what to do tomorrow morning -- much less set strategy for a company or for a human life. Nothing is more practical than for people to deepen themselves. The more you understand the human condition, the more effective you are as a businessperson. Human depth makes business sense.”
“I've had diseases that lasted longer than my marriages.”
“When heart speaks and heart listens, harmony is produced. When head talks and head listens, argument is produced.”
“I always make fun of KISS because I don't particularly think their music is anything.”
“Vincent Lingiari, I solemnly hand to you these deeds as proof, in Australian law, that these lands belong to the Gurindji people and I put into your hands this piece of the earth itself as a sign that we restore them to you and your children forever.”

Source : Gough Whitlam's Gurindji Land Ceremony speech, August 16, 1975.
“Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip.”
“Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.”

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