Since my Japanese isn't very good, I had to have an interpreter to communicate with most of the crew. — John Foster Copy Share Image
My father was a Japanese prisoner of war, a survivor of the Thai-Burma Death Railway, built by a quarter of a million… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
The Japanese style, they really do have concern for their neighbors kind of more than themselves. — Matt Sydal Copy Share Image
Turkey, Japan do great work because they can keep under control their little personal selfishness, egoism, jealousy, etc. when they get down… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My husband is half Japanese and half white European-American, and our son is half Korean, quarter Japanese, and a quarter white European-American. — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I've been working with Spanish, French, some more American, and Japanese directors. And then I realized I have to study English, and… — Rinko Kikuchi Copy Share Image
What I like about Japanese venues is that the front barrier is right up against the stage, so when you're bending over,… — Keith Flint Copy Share Image
“It’s strange, but when I have to speak in front of an audience, I find it more comfortable to use my far-from-perfect… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I look at my grandparents and what they dealt with in the Japanese internment in Arizona. That sense of perseverance, of making… — Scott Fujita Copy Share Image
“Refusing to drink or drinking only moderately must be done with diplomacy, because the Japanese believe that the only way you can… — Boyé Lafayette de Mente Copy Share Image
The Japanese have a word - aware - which, in my understanding is, again, that full range - both the joy and… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
“U-boats were on the run. Radar, sonar, aircraft, and new tactics by American and British destroyers had turned predators into prey. The… — Tom Young Copy Share Image
I remember I was really into this British band, The Vapors, with that song "Turning Japanese." I thought that they were really… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that… — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
Some audiences might find homosexuality an uncomfortable subject matter, and a character who is a Japanese collaborator is always uncomfortable. — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
I guess they needed a maze in Japan, where everything's neat and tidy. In America everybody's already wandering around lost. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I was in Shanghai when the Japanese invaded China. I was there in Shanghai when, the morning after Pearl Harbor, they seized… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“I had a dream about you last night. In this dream we were walking down the beautiful Japanese streets of Florida. Fukuoka… — Rodney Jenkins Copy Share Image
I still have a Japanese passport. I haven't become an American citizen, and I am worried about getting deported every day. — Masi Oka Copy Share Image
One of the things that slaps you in the face when you arrive in Japan is their obsession with everything cute. — Stacey Dooley Copy Share Image
Why did the Germans and Japanese keep fighting after 1943 when every rational hope of victory had disappeared? — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
So, fortune cookies: invented by the Japanese, popularized by the Chinese, but ultimately consumed by Americans. They are more American than anything… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
It is not a happy lot being a princess in any country, but especially Japan in which every tiny aspect of one's… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
“Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity! Through Buddha And through Daruma alike Thou hast cleft thy way.” — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
And they said if we help with the crisis, they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those… — Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Copy Share Image
I was born in Japan and moved to L.A. when I was six, and I grew up with Japanese culture. I was… — Masi Oka Copy Share Image
The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant. — Brandi Chastain Copy Share Image
The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a… — Utada Hikaru Copy Share Image
“Different cultures and all that, but it’s true what they say about the Japanese being undemonstrative.” — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I recognize the fact that I don't have one single drop of Japanese blood in my body. But I've always felt half… — Scott Fujita Copy Share Image
The Japanese covet important symbols - their heroic past as enshrined in Yasukuni, the Imperial family which has never been sullied by… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“Great robber though he was, Kandata could only trash about like a dying frog as he choked on the blood of the… — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Copy Share Image
We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
When we were working on 'River Ota' in the '90s, I learnt to read Japanese, which was how I discovered that it… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
If I were trapped in one city and had to eat one nation's cuisine for the rest of my life, I would… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I've never studied the Japanese. That's something that must have crept in there. But the Japanese are my biggest clients. They seem… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
I always loved Japanese movies. And they had an enormous impact in France - the Nouvelle Vague took so much from them.… — Jacques Perrin Copy Share Image
