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> [“It could be said that one of the marks of a truly responsible life is a voluntary death”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/it-could-be-said-that-one-of-the-marks-of-a-truly-responsible-life-is/)

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## More by Donald Richie

> [“Leo Rubinfein over to ask questions for his book. He asked me what I most regretted, having lived half a century here, and witnessed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/leo-rubinfein-over-to-ask-questions-for-his-book-he-asked-me-what-i/)

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> [“When I started to learn how to read, I discovered the same kind of power. I could create an environment that I didn't have,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/when-i-started-to-learn-how-to-read-i-discovered-the-same-kind-of/)

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> [“What do I want to be when I grow up? An attractive role would be that of the bunjin. He is the Japanese scholar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/what-do-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up-an-attractive-role-would-be-that/)

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> [“In the same way both Lincoln and the Japanese regard people. These are also a kind of currency. A man is worth what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/in-the-same-way-both-lincoln-and-the-japanese-regard-people-these-are/)

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> [“As always, so polite that he is at the beginning distant, and yet always determined. This is because he has uses for us all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/as-always-so-polite-that-he-is-at-the-beginning-distant-and-yet/)

[Donald Richie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-richie/)

> [Midlife crisis begins sometime in your 40s, when you look at your life and think, 'Is this all?' And it ends about 10 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/midlife-crisis-begins-sometime-in-your-40s-when-you-look-at-your-life/)

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> [“What happened was that sometimes I was, from a young age, put in the theater to watch movies because they kept me quiet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/what-happened-was-that-sometimes-i-was-from-a-young-age-put-in-the/)

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> [“Having lived most of my life in the most crowded city in the world, I have become used to this constant physical proximity. Wherever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/having-lived-most-of-my-life-in-the-most-crowded-city-in-the-world-i/)

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> [“Late, going home, I pass a group of squatting high schoolers. One of the boys, obviously seeking to impress the girls, says that foreigners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/late-going-home-i-pass-a-group-of-squatting-high-schoolers-one-of-the/)

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> [“In the bath the attitude toward sex is representative. No people have it more firmly in place. They are a bit puritanical sometimes, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/in-the-bath-the-attitude-toward-sex-is-representative-no-people-have/)

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> [“Owen is utterly out of whatever closet he may once have been in. Is resident Concerned Gay Medical Personnel, or some such. This being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/owen-is-utterly-out-of-whatever-closet-he-may-once-have-been-in-is/)

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> [“Here we would notice that what we would call Japanese aesthetics (in contrast to Western aesthetics) is more concerned with process than with product,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/here-we-would-notice-that-what-we-would-call-japanese-aesthetics-in/)

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> [“As the economy collapses prices remain high. This is, I guess, very Japanese. In some other countries there would be at least a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/as-the-economy-collapses-prices-remain-high-this-is-i-guess-very/)

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> [“Perhaps more than an American high school, Japan is like an English public school. You are supposed to learn, excel, and win athletic distinctions—not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/perhaps-more-than-an-american-high-school-japan-is-like-an-english/)

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> [The distinction between East and West is that the Western novel is very organized, it's very logical, there's a logical progression, there's a chronological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-richie/the-distinction-between-east-and-west-is-that-the-western-novel-is/)

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