Best Japanese Thoughts
574 Japanese quotes by 418 unique authors
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The Japanese scientists just found a 25,000-year-old mammoth in the ice in Siberia, and they're about to clone it... You think the Japanese of all…
— Greg Giraldo
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The Japanese do not fear God. They only fear bombs.
— Jerome Cady
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How sweet Japanese woman is! All the possibilities of the race for goodness seem to be concentrated in her.
— Lafcadio Hearn
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Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy…
— Lafcadio Hearn
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In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts.
— Stephen Gardiner
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EMBRACING THE EXISTING Japanese perspective on urban history and context
— Kengo Kuma
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Managers have traditionally developed the skills in finance, planning, marketing and production techniques. Too often the relations with their people have been assigned a secondary…
— William Redington Hewlett
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The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan…
— Ichiro Suzuki
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Seppuku is Japanese for ritual suicide. I thought, What a cute name for a coat.
— Lexa Doig
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We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. We are constantly remarking on the fact that things are done…
— Robert Benchley
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The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.
— Pat Morita
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It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.
— Townsend Harris
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For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by driving the enemy…
— William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
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I have always considered Saipan the decisive battle of the Pacific offensive...(it was) the naval and military heart and brain of the Japanese defence strategy.
— Holland Smith
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Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.
— Gustav Klimt
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Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school…
— Cathy McMorris Rodgers
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On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through…
— Gustav Klimt
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Terri and her mother arrived. She was obviously a dedicated stage mother because she was loaded down with camera equipment, looking like a Japanese tourist.
— Audrey Meadows
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And $18 million in three Japanese banks, completely false. That I have two factories in Panama, also completely false. This is part of the counter…
— Alberto Fujimori
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The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.
— Kenzaburo Oe
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We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were…
— Jack Adams
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Everything can draw inspiration: a vintage cloth, a book, a street-when I was in Japan, I was deeply inspired by Japanese pharmacies.
— Renzo Rosso
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Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a…
— John Wayne
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I've always been passionate about these different (film) genres. Kung fu movies, samurai movies, Japanese movies, all this kind of stuff, and my love for…
— Quentin Tarantino
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Regarding R. H. Blyth: The first book in English based on the saijiki is R. H. Blyth's Haiku, published in four volumes from 1949 to…
— Reginald Horace Blyth
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