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Even the best of mirrors can show only one side of things.
old japanese quote. — Mkdeville

Sino-Japanese relations will certainly brighten more in the future and the flowers of friendly Sino-Japanese relations will increase their beauty. — Wen Jiabao

Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall. — Joseph Jarman

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

Four more times the Japanese strafed them, sending Louie into the water to kick and punch at the sharks until the bomber had passed. — Laura Hillenbrand

I liked to watch anime in the original Japanese even though I couldn't speak a single word of the language. — S.M. Reine

Nobody now fears that a Japanese fleet could deal an unexpected blow on our Pacific possessions. Radio makes surprise impossible. — Josephus Daniels

Japanese used to have a color word, ao, that spanned both green and blue. — Guy Deutscher

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

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names. — Shigeru Miyamoto

My life was very Japanese. — Bryan Clay

If it weren't for the Japanese and the Germans, we wouldn't have any good war movies. — Stanley Ralph Ross

As the interned American citizens of Japanese descent learned, the Bill of Rights provided them with little protection when it was needed. — Glenn Reynolds

Filial Piety, which is considered one of the two wheels of the chariot of Japanese ethics - Loyalty being the other. — Inazo Nitobe

If the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eaton, the Japanese bases in the Pacific were captured on the beaches of the Caribbean. — Holland Smith

If you go to Tokyo, I think it becomes very obvious that there's this almost seamless mixture of popular culture and Japanese traditional culture. — Kazuo Ishiguro

If the Japanese want to be taken seriously as world financial powers, they'd better quit using the same tailor as variety show chimps. — P. J. O'Rourke

I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general. — Grimes

1936 is a very important year: a golden time for martial arts, right before the Japanese invasion. — Wong Kar-Wai

Is it white wine? Red tastes like vinegar.'

'Of course it's white wine, I'm Japanese. — Natasha Pulley

Why did the Germans and Japanese keep fighting after 1943 when every rational hope of victory had disappeared? — Niall Ferguson

The greatest problem in Japanese politics over the last two decades is that we put off what needed to be done. We have to overcome that. — Yoshihiko Noda

I play around with my Japanese Garden. Since Im half way to 70 today I need to start pruning trees and sharpening plants like an old fart. — Jason Bateman

Ruth was a novelist, and novelists, Oliver asserted, should have cats and books. — Ruth Ozeki

And where shall we go from here? The Library is vast and infinite. — Hideyuki Kurata

Paprika is evidence that Japanese animators are reaching for the moon, while most of their American counterparts remain stuck in the kiddie sandbox. — Manohla Dargis

I recognize the fact that I don't have one single drop of Japanese blood in my body. But I've always felt half-Japanese at heart. — Scott Fujita

I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really. — Chiaki Kuriyama

That's why even the simplest, most basic Japanese sentence cannot be translated into English! — Tae Kim

Welcome to thee,
O sword of eternity!
Through Buddha
And through Daruma alike
Thou hast cleft thy way. — Okakura Kakuzo

The conflict between Japan and Chiang is little affected by the fall of the Wuhan cities and Sino-Japanese hostilities have just started. — Seishiro Itagaki

If you hurt her any more than you already have, the wound could be too deep to fix. — Haruki Murakami

Their racial characteristics are such that we cannot understand or trust even the citizen Japanese. — Henry L. Stimson

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. — Stephen Gardiner

He's a novice - he should keep his opinions to Japanese football — Alex Ferguson

The Japanese Co-Prosperity Zone began as a racist utopia and ended as a cross between an abbatoir, a plantation and a brothel. — Niall Ferguson

As much as any contemporary writer, Murakami grasps the bewildering fluidity of commoditized life. — Japan Foundation

In Japanese swordsmanship, it is not uncommon to speak of a unity of mind, body, and sword. — H.E. Davey

Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. — Akio Morita

The anti-Japanese resistance was as familiar a theme in North Korean cinema as cowboys and Indians was in early Hollywood. — Barbara Demick

I've always loved Japanese legend, anime and manga. — Lauren Beukes

My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind. — Robert M. Pirsig

I first decided architecture was for me when I saw Le Corbusier's designs in a Japanese magazine in the 1930s. — Kenzo Tange

'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature, written by the great poet Basho in 1689. — Richard Flanagan

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness. — Paul Theroux

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people. — J. Paul Getty

Tears aren't a girl's weapon. It's her smile. — Gackt

If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot. Japanese Proverb — Bohdi Sanders

Rule No. 41. Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks. — Michael Pollan

Big contrast: While the foreign media are obsessed with Apocalypses, the Japanese people are already talking of rebuilding. — William Gibson

We Japanese enjoy the small pleasures, not extravagance. I believe a man should have a simple lifestyle - even if he can afford more. — Masaru Ibuka

There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies. — Akio Morita

They [Japanese whalers] haven't produced a single peer-reviewed international scientific paper in 23 years. — Paul Watson

She trailed behind Baba and Jiji as they left the palace, nightingales singing a sad farewell. — Linda Gerber

A Japanese man festooned with cameras, a nun, a young girl in braids. — Anne Tyler

Japanese tea ceremony, — Sheryl Berk

I try to be aware of technology and Japanese animation and old Belgian paintings, and get all my references from bits of everywhere. — Guido Palau

Different cultures and all that, but it's true what they say about the Japanese being undemonstrative. — Donna Tartt

The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had. — David Rockefeller

In this world, not everything will be won by justice. If you want to win, you have to learn how to cheat. (Nana) — Ai Yazawa

I may wear the skin of an urbane sophisticate, but in this manuscript I invite you to strip it off and laugh at my stupidity. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

People can endure almost anything but there's one thing they can't survive. Man is an animal that can't stand boredom — Koji Suzuki

I don't mean to be a racist but if you're going to get raped by a Japanese guy, it's not going to hurt at all. — Chelsea Handler

It was what we Japanese called the onion life, peeling away a layer at a time and crying all the while. — Arthur Golden

Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that any resistance is futile. — Hideki Tojo

Die? Then so be it. — Eiji Yoshikawa

The art of stone in a Japanese garden is that of placement. Its ideal does not deviate from that of nature. — Isamu Noguchi

The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience. — Herb Alpert

Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes. — Akio Morita

What resonates culturally with me about Japanese style is that it is very covered up but very sensual. — L'Wren Scott

Japanese had reported sinking her so many times that she had acquired an additional sobriquet, "the Galloping Ghost of the Oahu Coast. — William F. Halsey

Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations. — Natan Sharansky

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. — Tadao Ando

There's an old Japanese proverb - to wait for luck is the same as waiting for one's death. We make our own luck, my old friend." "I — David Leadbeater

I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan. — Nick Cave

In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology. — Chuck Grassley

Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep. — Utada Hikaru

Everything can draw inspiration: a vintage cloth, a book, a street-when I was in Japan, I was deeply inspired by Japanese pharmacies. — Renzo Rosso

I'm really interested in independent publishers and memes and mini comics. But even before that, I was interested in Japanese manga and anime. — Toyin Odutola

Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so. — Ingrid Newkirk

The Japanese have hit the shores like dead fish. They're just like dead fish washing up on the shores. — Steve Jobs

It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film. It's not good. — Hiroyuki Sanada

A bathroom should be sterile and beautiful and functional. It should exude Japanese-style purity. — Isaac Mizrahi

That's Chinese, not Japanese — Lauren Myracle

There's no end to suspicion once you get going. — Koushun Takami

The situation now is not easy. But I believe in the good sense of the Japanese people. — Katsuya Okada

Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe. — Minoru Yamasaki

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers? — Walter F. Mondale

I love Japanese and Thai food, especially seafood, and eat out with my wife two or three times a week. — Pierre Dukan

I also have some Chinese weapons, but I like the Japanese sword the best. — Kelly Hu

I saw the film Pearl Harbour and it made me wish that the Japanese had bombed Hollywood instead! — Clive James

If I need to buy a TV, I'll definitely buy a Japanese TV. A Chinese TV might explode. — Jackie Chan

Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease. — Dick Cavett

Does the Japanese race, wonders Jacob, derive gratification from self-inflicted misery? — David Mitchell

The Japanese are easily influenced,
Italian's are infectious,
And German's are German's wherever they go. — Hidekaz Himaruya

The conquering army had perpetrated untold atrocities. The Japanese had occupied my home and twice forced us to leave the land I loved. — Katherine Paterson

Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony. — Howard Stringer

I've got lots of weird illustrations of me from Japanese fans. — Jamie Bell

I made efforts to swallow tears and to protect the species of the Japanese nation. — Hirohito

You can be a German, you can be a Greek or a Spanish or a Japanese etc, but your true nation is the whole humanity! — Mehmet Murat Ildan