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I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me eligible for literary awards. But I still think I'm regarded as one of their own in Japan. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#awards #britain #british #changing #eligible

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 had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would stand up and explain to me the situation in their office and ask me whether they should resign or not. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#ask #been #book #different #different world

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#connection #first #last #look #real

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

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#another #had #having #i #i am

There is simply no plausible construction of the known evidence that leaves out Novak either providing a proffer through his lawyer of what he would say if he testified or having testified directly. ↗

— Michael Isikoff

#directly #either #evidence #having #his

If I would have listened, if I would have understood diabetes like I understood music, maybe these things wouldn't have happened. ↗

— Marvin Isley

#happened #i #like #listened #maybe

Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#based #brag #bureaucracies #grow #growth

As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today's workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the same system. ↗

— Steve Israel

#finance #functions #generation #help #into

Because there still exists a significant pay gap, women tend to earn less than men over the course of their lifetimes. Compounding the problem, women tend to spend less time in the workforce than men. ↗

— Steve Israel

#compounding #course #earn #exists #gap