#am

There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives? To what extent can they transcend their fate? As time starts to run out, what are the things that really matter? ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#clone #extent #fate #find #how

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#cynical #felt #friends #had #i

I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the '70s and became disillusioned in the '80s. Not just about social services issues, but the world. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#became #disillusioned #feel #generation #i

I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my wife at home. I don't have to commute, so I have much more time with my family. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#family #fortunate #home #i #lunch

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#another #had #having #i #i am

I am odd-looking. I sometimes think I look like a funny Muppet. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#funny #i #i am #like #look

Cemeteries are full of unfulfilled dreams... countless echoes of 'could have' and 'should have'… countless books unwritten… countless songs unsung... I want to live my life in such a way that when my body is laid to rest, it will be a well needed rest from a life well lived, a song well sung, a book well written, opportunities well explored, and a love well expressed. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#books #cemetery #dreams #echoes #goals

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#america #control #judicial #judicial activism #marriage

Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals. ↗

— LL Cool J

#dreams #focused #go #goals #keep

As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%. ↗

— Steve Israel

#america #benefit #current #over #poverty