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- The Japanese tend to be far more co-operative and docile and group-oriented. It would be easier to get the entire population of Tokyo to wear…
- The Japanese tend to communicate via nuance and euphemism, often leaving important things unsaid; whereas Americans tend to think they're being subtle when they refrain…
- There are also a number of humans living up there (Canada), and in many ways they have a lifestyle quite similar to ours, including such…
- The method (of learning Japanese) recommended by experts is to be born as a Japanese baby and raised by a Japanese family, in Japan. And…
- I have read that, on the average, the Japanese are getting taller, but at the moment they seem to be about the same height as…
- One night in Tokyo we watched two Japanese businessmen saying good-night to each other after what had clearly been a long night of drinking, a…
- The Japanese eat, sleep, and breathe golf; the only thing they don't do is actually play it, because to get on a course, you have…
- The Japanese, implementing a complex, long-term, and ultimately successful strategy to dominate the U S consumer-electronics market, attacked Pearl Harbor.
More Japanese Quotes
- If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bureau was handed over… — Michele Bachmann
- Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported. — Jack Adams
- The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4. — Jack Adams
- Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the… — Jack Adams
- February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the… — Xavier Becerra
- Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance art surveyed… — John Berger
- I often look ridiculous in Japan. There's really no way to eat in Japan, particularly kaiseki in a traditional ryokan, without offending… — Anthony Bourdain
- I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made 'Ringu,' and I would… — Nicolas Cage
- I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan. — Nick Cave
- I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles. — Ted Allen
- There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience… — John Henrik Clarke
- When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually… — Tadao Ando