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Let me offer you, metaphorically, two magic wands that have sweeping powers to change society. With one wand you could wipe out all racism and… — Richard Lamm
The Japanese are hard to understand, but once you do the world is your oyster. — Paul Smith
Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth. Every just, revolutionary war is… — Mao Zedong
Now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window,… — Oscar Wilde
I have to decide Japanese strategy - shall we invade Japan proper or shall we bomb and blockade? That is my hardest decision to date.… — Harry S. Truman
Pride in one's own race - and that does not imply contempt for other races - is also a normal and healthy sentiment. I have… — Adolf Hitler
Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and… — Tadao Ando
For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation with… — Tom Clancy
The way I see it is that all the ol' guff about being Irish is a kind of nonsense. I mean, I couldn't be anything… — John McGahern
When people call me a photographer, I always feel like something of a charlatan—at least in Japanese. The word shashin, for photograph, combines the characters… — Hiroshi Sugimoto
America's new tea lovers are the people who have forced the tea trade to wake up. Elsewhere, tea has meant a certain way, a certain… — James Norwood Pratt
At the root of Japanese manufacturing lies a feminine delicacy and shyness as well as a childlike curiosity and fantasy-filled worldview. — Morinosuke Kawaguchi
In pursuing a ‘way,’ Japanese typically move beyond an interest in craftsmanship to a kind of sacred search for the ultimate. — Morinosuke Kawaguchi
I grew up as a fifth-generation Jew in the American South, at the confluence of two great storytelling traditions. After graduating from Yale in the… — Bruce Feiler
Having survived her 10th London winter (she got through January by assigning it "international month," and amusing Moses and his big sister, Apple, 9, with… — Gwyneth Paltrow
I first had a version of this at a Japanese monastery during a silent retreat-don't ask, it's a long story. — Gwyneth Paltrow
Of course, when it comes to Japanese role-playing games, in any role-playing game in Japan you're supposed to collect a huge number of items, and… — Shigeru Miyamoto
My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and… — Mike Shinoda
The Japanese couldn't have been all bad during World War II. Look at all the movies Hollywood was able to make on account of them.… — Pat Morita
The Imperial Household, as represented by the Emperor, has been praying for the welfare of the people while nurturing harmonious relationship with them. Based on… — Yoshiko Sakurai
The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed from Corregidor to Australia for the purpose, as I… — Douglas MacArthur
One thing that really interests me is-and it comes out of Chinese and Japanese painting-where you have a number of different kinds of space in… — Mary Heilmann
As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything. — Martin Yan
I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I… — Leroy Chiao
I love Chinese food, like steamed dim sum, and I can have noodles morning, noon and night, hot or cold. I like food that's very… — Shilpa Shetty

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