"I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness."

-- Banana Yoshimoto

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“Sometimes to move forward you have to let go. I figured that out through opening myself up, allowing people into my creative process. It allowed me to write songs that surprised me, and in fact, inspired me.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.”
“The holy child is waiting to be born in every instant, not just once a year.”
“If men must die, why not in honorable pursuit of knowledge? Far be it that our ideas of manhood should be dwarfed to the size of a golden dollar.”
“I got stuck up a tree when I was about seven, and my dad had to come and get the ladder to get me down. I loved to climb all the way up to the top. I must have been a koala in my past life.”
“I worked at a McDonald's drive-through. I could always tell when girls were interested: They'd drive around again and say, 'I forgot something.'”
“I believe in cooperating for the common good”

Source : CNN profile, www.cnn.com. March 3, 1997.

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