Miki Aihara quotes

“Everything in the media is fleeting. Don't get the wrong idea. Fame is when you're still the hot topic next week or even the week after.”
-- Miki Aihara

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“I used to paint a lot of oil and now I paint more mixed-media stuff.”

“Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?.”

“Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.”

Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.

“The grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down.”

“Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened any more, and when Rabbit went on to say that Kangas were only Fierce during the winter months, being at other times of an Affectionate Disposition, he could hardly sit still, he was so eager to begin being useful at once.”

“Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.”

“For a split second they stared at each other. A fleeting, lasting moment. One person noticing another person out of a whole crowd of strangers.”

Source : Alexandra Potter (2004). “Calling Romeo”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

“We are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth or status or power or fame, but rather how well we have Loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.”

“One cannot enter don Juan's world intellectually, like a dilettante seeking fast and fleeting knowledge. Nor, in don Juan's world, can anything be verified absolutely. The only thing we can do is arrive at a state of increased awareness that allows us to perceive the world around us in a more inclusive manner.”

“I had the fleeting thought then that we are each of us pathetic in one way or another, and the trick is to marry a person whose patheticness you can tolerate.”