Japan Quotes - Page 28

• Alabama farmers want a chance to complete fairly in Japan, but they can't if the Japanese won't let us in.

  Mike Rogers

  Alabama, Want, Chance

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• ...Poetic injustice...having made over Japan in our own image. The Japanese, ...are now, next to us, the greatest consumers of meat in the world.

  Mother Jones

  Dark, Age, Meat

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• Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.

  Steve Forbes

  Mistake, World, Germany

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• In Japan, employees occasionally work themselves to death. It’s called Karoshi. I don’t want that to happen to anybody in my department. The trick is to take a break as soon as you see a bright light and hear dead relatives beckon.

  Scott Adams

  Funny, Death, Work

  Scott Adams (1996). “The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions”

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• 'Leonie' did get made and it was an extremely wonderful experience. I got to travel the world. I filmed for 6 months - 3 months in New Orleans and 3 months in Japan.

  Emily Mortimer

  New Orleans, World, Months

  Source: collider.com

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• In the short term, it would not have made it possible to resume relations, because in the Chinese mind, the humiliation of China started with the annexation of Taiwan by Japan. If the United States had suddenly declared Taiwan as a separate state - for which we would have had no support among other nations - the consequences would have been giving up our relationship with China and committing ourselves to a long-term conflict with China.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Giving Up, Long, Support

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I once said that it was unacceptable for Japan to remain "an isolated prosperous island." At one time, it might have been all right for Japan to avoid sending any citizens to dangerous areas [even as part of international efforts] and just wish for its own people's happiness. That time is gone.

  Sadako Ogata

  Islands, People, Effort

  "Japan should be a peace broker, former UN refugee chief says". Interview with Hiroyuki Akita, asia.nikkei.com. August 19, 2015.

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• Japan should get more involved in mediating disputes between countries and seek to play the role of a peace broker. To make this possible, we must train people so they have a solid understanding of international politics and great negotiation skills.

  Sadako Ogata

  Country, Play, Skills

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• Japan needs to cooperate with China economically. This is understood better by the business community than the government.

  Sadako Ogata

  Government, Community, Needs

  "Japan should be a peace broker, former UN refugee chief says". Interview with Hiroyuki Akita, asia.nikkei.com. August 19, 2015.

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• Japan's diplomatic efforts could have had a broader international perspective. Relations with the U.S. are, of course, the cornerstone of Japan's diplomacy, but the U.S. acts on its global strategy. For instance, Washington suddenly got closer to China in the early 1970s as part of its strategy against the Soviet Union.

  Sadako Ogata

  Perspective, Effort, Unions

  "Japan should be a peace broker, former UN refugee chief says". Interview with Hiroyuki Akita, asia.nikkei.com. August 19, 2015.

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• In Japan, violence in games is pretty much self-regulated.There's more violence in games in the U.S., in things like Mortal Kombat, where they rip out hearts and cut off heads.

  Satoshi Tajiri

  Rip, Heart, Cutting

  Source: therandominmyhead.tumblr.com

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• Whenever I go overseas I buy funny eyelashes. For example the same brand that are in Japan and England are different styles. So I bought both.

  Park Bom

  Eyelashes, Style, Example

  Source: welovebom.com

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• The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.

  Kenzaburo Oe

  Country, Asia, Invaders

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• The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic.

  Kenzaburo Oe

  Way, West, Modern

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• Japan suffered terribly from the atomic bomb but never adopted a pose of moral superiority, implying: 'We would never have done it!' The Japanese know perfectly well they would have used it had they had it. They accept the idea that war is war; they give no quarter and accept none. Total war, they recognize, knows no Queensberry Rules. If you develop a devastating new weapon during a total war, you use it; you do not put it into the War Museum.

  George Mikes

  Funny, War, Museums

  George Mikes (1970). “The land of the rising yen: Japan”, Harvard Common Press

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• It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

  Sadao Araki

  Sea, World, Four

  "Japan and the Defence of Australia" by Edmund Leolin Piesse, (p. 15), 1935.

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• Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.

  Sadao Araki

  Voice, America, League

  "China and America" by Foster Rhea Dulles, (p. 200), 1981.

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• Frivolous thinking is due to foreign thought. Japan must no longer let the impudence of the white peoples go unpunished. It is the duty of Japan to fulfill her natural destiny, to cause China to respect the Japanese, to expel Chinese influence from Manchuria, and to follow the way of imperial destiny.

  Sadao Araki

  Destiny, Thinking, White

  "World War II almanac" by Robert Goralski (p. 9), 1981.

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• According to our belief, Japan was founded by the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, who is revered by the entire nation for her all-pervading virtue, and from whom our Imperial House is descended.

  Sadao Araki

  House, Sun, Belief

  "Contemporary Japan" by Nihon Gaiji Kyokai, (p. 422), 1932.

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• Starbucks being an extension of peoples home and work. The sense of community, human connection. That appears to be as relevant in Turkey, China, Japan and Spain as it is here in America. And Starbucks I think is creating something for people all over the world that has not existed before.

  Howard Schultz

  Home, Thinking, Creating

  Interview with Ipek Cem, www.global-leaders.tv. December 14, 2005.

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• I don't really think that audiences are that much different. I think that a fan is the same whether you are from here or from Japan - you come to a show because you like the music. I don't really see much of a difference anywhere.

  Jason Aldean

  Thinking, Differences, Fans

  Interview with Ziyah Karmali, www.shavemagazine.com.

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• Ours is the most wasteful nation on Earth. We waste more energy than we import. With about the same standard of living, we use twice as much energy per person as do other countries like Germany, Japan, and Sweden.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Alternatives, Use

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• I've been to Japan but I've never been to China, I'd love to go to China. I don't know, I like to go to places that are remote. So, I think I'd like to do that more. And just sort of also explore not having a structured work life someday, to have more free time to sort of see what happens.

  Ben Stiller

  Thinking, Someday, China

  "Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig Talk THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY, Filming in Iceland, Balancing Fantasy and Reality, Comparisons to the Original, and More". Press conference, collider.com. April 21, 2013.

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• I would say that the single most important conclusion I reached, after traveling through Japan, as well as countless hours reading, studying, and analyzing this fascinating culture, is that you should always tighten the cap on the shampoo bottle before you put it in your suitcase.

  Dave Barry

  Reading, Cities, Important

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Does Japan”, p.205, Ballantine Books

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• I would like to inform you with great satisfaction of a new step forward on establishing partnership between Russia and Japan

  Vladimir Putin

  Russia, Satisfaction, Steps

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