"I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really."

-- Chiaki Kuriyama

#Thinking Quotes #Fascination Quotes

“The methods used to take human lives, such as abortion, the pill, the ring, etc., amounts to genocide. I believe that legal abortion is legal murder...”
“Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?”

Source : "Occupy Congress" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2011.
“President Obama's 100-day plan is pretty impressive. I think it's a Wow 100-plus days. The administration is not operating from fear, it is trying to drive change for the future, and that's a good thing.”
“For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground.”
“It was probably one of the things that gave me a sense of possibility and allowed for me to see beyond the small community that I existed within. You know, I was making friends with young Soviet kids. this is during perestroika. You know, there's bread lines and vodka lines. The entire social structure of what was then the Soviet Union was radically different from what we know today.”
“I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offense. ... Everyone who contributes to the 'too much' of literature is doing grave social injury.”
“Life itself is always a trial. In training, you must test and polish yourself in order to face the great challenges of life.”

Source : Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.128, Shambhala Publications
“My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it becomes a lot more difficult.”

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