Japan Quotes - Page 8

• I was writing a film criticism book on Sergio Corbucci, the director who did the original Django. So, I was kind of getting immersed in his world. Towards the end of the Inglourious Basterds press tour I was in Japan. Spaghetti Westerns are really popular there, so I picked up a bunch of soundtracks and spent my day off listening to all these scores. And all of a sudden the opening scene just came to me.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Book, Writing, Django

  Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. December 24, 2012.

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• Well, there's lots of different things going on at the moment, I'm in talks with some people from Japan to do something and I'm also talking to Hugo Boss to do a very small line, which I want to keep to just 10-12 pieces, but what I want to do is sit with the designers for a couple of days bashing some stuff out.

  Jay Kay

  Couple, Talking, People

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• Girly’ products can spur Japan’s growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the ‘manly’ technologies.

  Morinosuke Kawaguchi

  Girly, Technology, Growth

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• When you look at the Asians, the Asian is very gifted in creation, creativity and inventions. If you go to Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch. They're very creative. And you look at the Indians, they have been very gifted in the spirituality.

  Reggie White

  Country, Creativity, Creative

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• I remember being in Japan when Destiny's Child put out 'Independent Women,' and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Jobs, Children, Independent

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• In Japan people drive on the left. In China people drive on the right. In Vietnam it doesn't matter.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  People, Vietnam, Matter

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty”, p.319, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Being a die-hard Knicks fan, I remember hunting down these orange-and-blue Nikes that they only released in England. And I used to hunt for sneakers when I DJ'd in Japan. But then Nike flooded the market with a head-spinning array of color combinations and it just didn't seem cool anymore.

  Mark Ronson

  Nike, Hunting, Blue

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• I have to decide Japanese strategy - shall we invade Japan proper or shall we bomb and blockade? That is my hardest decision to date. But I'll make it when I have all the facts.

  Harry S. Truman

  Decision, Bombs, Facts

  Harry S. Truman, Robert H. Ferrell (1997). “Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman”, p.47, University of Missouri Press

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• I was born in Japan, so for me, Uniqlo is a family brand. My granny used to wear Uniqlo. And my Italian dad wore Uniqlo. I wore Uniqlo, of course.

  Nicola Formichetti

  Dad, Italian, Used

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• I'm sure that President Johnson would never have pursued the war in Vietnam if he'd ever had a Fulbright to Japan, or say Bangkok, or had any feeling for what these people are like and why they acted the way they did. He was completely ignorant.

  J. William Fulbright

  War, People, Feelings

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• Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.

  Yoshihiko Noda

  Country, Imf, World

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• Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.

  Yoshihiko Noda

  Technology, Creating, Leader

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• In Japan there is a lot of manga, but around manga there are video games, manga on cellphones, manga in card games... so people not only enjoy manga but also the products around it.

  Tite Kubo

  Games, People, Video

  "SDCC 08: An Audience With Bleach's Creator". Interview with A.E. Sparrow, www.ign.com. August 1, 2008.

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• The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japans brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.

  F. Sionil José

  Powerful, Unique, Criticism

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• Golf's really fun in Japan because of the women caddies. ... I saw one guy start out playing alone with his caddie. By the 9th hole they were engaged and when they finished on 18 they had a foursome.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Humorous, Golf

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• And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them. We didn't know that in America after the war, you wouldn't be able to get into a sushi joint without a reservation. And we thought they lost.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Sorry, War

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• From 1965 to 1973, more munitions fell on Cambodia than on all of World War II Japan, including the two nuclear bombs of August 1945.

  Sophal Ear

  Motivation, War, Inspiration

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• Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Humorous, Rocks

  Bob Hope (2004). “Bob Hope”, Hyperion

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• Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Humorous, Cab Drivers

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• The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don't know which end to talk to.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Humorous, Bows

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• The poor Americans are so busy defending the rights of Hindus in Pakistan, Moslems in India, Jews in Palestine, Koreans in Japan, Italians in Yugoslavia and Hungarians in Czechoslovakia that they simply cannot give a thought to Negroes in the United States.

  George Mikes

  Funny, Humorous, Rights

  George Mikes (1959). “How to scrape skies: the United States explored, rediscovered and explained”

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• Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.

  Paul Samuelson

  Self, Hype, Deception

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• Donald Trump believes that the world will be safer if more nations have nuclear weapons. He's said Saudi Arabia should get them, Japan should get them, Korea should get them. And when he was confronted with this and told, wait a minute, terrorists could get those, proliferation could lead to nuclear war, here's what Donald Trump said, and I quote, go ahead, folks, enjoy yourselves.

  Tim Kaine

  War, Believe, Korea

  Source: www.politico.com

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• I like other sports, too, including skiing and swimming, and I am learning to play ice hockey now. But judo is definitely part of my life, a very big part, and I am glad that judo was the first sport I took up and that I have practiced it regularly and seriously. I am also grateful to Japan for this.

  Vladimir Putin

  Sports, Grateful, Hockey

  Source: www.rt.com

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• My staff was unanimous in believing that Japan was on the point of collapse and surrender.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Believe, Surrender, Staff

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