"My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides in Japan, which has allowed me to travel to the roots of my ancestors with my father."

-- Apolo Ohno

#Father Quotes #Grandmother Quotes #Japan Quotes

“Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.”
“Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.”
“I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in The Bling Ring. I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.”
“Being hated and hunted and blamed for your own suffering makes people kind of testy, nervous, and on edge, and often fundamentalist and extreme. Bombs get thrown only when people cannot honestly talk together.”

Source : "Roseanne Barr Says Israel Must End Their Blockade and Occupation of Gaza". Interview with Kathleen Wells, www.huffingtonpost.com.
“I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody.”
“Don't mess with me, lady. I've been drinking with skeletons.”

Source : John Arcudi, Mike Mignola (2011). “B.P.R.D.: The Black Flame #2”, p.1, Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)
“It is a commonplace that Racine is untranslatable. This is not because his verse is difficult, but because it is not.”
“Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.”

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