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The great appeal of film is its relatability. — Akira Kurosawa

I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan. — Jennifer Lynch

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa. — Henry Rollins

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true. — Akira Kurosawa

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing. — Akira Kurosawa

If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter. — Akira Kurosawa

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself. [Pg.189] — Akira Kurosawa

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination. — Akira Kurosawa

We can only change life in the country and radically reform society by having God's wisdom, strength and authority — Sunday Adelaja

When you get abandoned by someone, that's the moment when you've truly lost faith in them. — Nicholas Murray

We are judges of wounds, we old soldiers, — Alexandre Dumas

The truth is in the mystery. — Akira Kurosawa

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself. — Akira Kurosawa

What happens in New York affects national policy in very significant ways. — Zephyr Teachout

Yes, sir. Certainly, it was I who found the body. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

If I am duly compared to Marlon Brando at all, well, I can only think of The Teahouse of the 'Shanghai Noon,' that they're comparing me to that! — Tom Hardy

Man is a genius when he is dreaming. — Akira Kurosawa

To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes. — Akira Kurosawa

To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away. — Akira Kurosawa

I want to be able to make westerns like Akira Kurosawa makes westerns. — Sam Peckinpah

In a mad world, only the mad are sane. - AKIRA KUROSAWA — Michael R. Fletcher

Even if you want one drop of respect you have to take birth in this material world again. — Radhanath Swami

The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits. — Martin Scorsese

Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly. — Akira Kurosawa

We are the movies and the movies are us. — David Ansen

But it would be like going to Heaven and not finding any of your friends there. Her life would go all beatific and empty in the eyes. — Lorrie Moore

Each something is a celebration of the nothing that supports it. — John Cage

In a mad world, only the mad are sane. — Akira Kurosawa

The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life. — Akira Kurosawa

A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There's nothing complicated about it. — Akira Kurosawa

No nation is wise enough to rule another. — Helen Keller

I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time. — Akira Kurosawa

The role of the artist is to not look away. — Akira Kurosawa

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero. — Akira Kurosawa

Concrete is, essentially, the color of bad weather. — William Hamilton

If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of. — Akira Kurosawa

South Africa had very poor repertory distribution. I didn't find out about Akira Kurosawa and Tarkovsky and Werner Herzog until I got to the U.K. — Richard Stanley