
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

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

To be an achiever doesn't mean to achieve only big things. Every small achievement counts big time. Never despise small beginnings. —
Euginia Herlihy

The highest goal is not distinctions, but synthesis and harmony. —
Alan Macfarlane

Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. —
Tadao Ando

The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record to the next one. —
Big Boi

At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. —
Robyn Davidson

Did you know that writing stories down kills them?
Of course it does, words aren't meant to be stiff, unchanging things. —
N.K. Jemisin

This was her heritage. Her people. So why did she feel so small and weak? So far removed from it? —
Linda Gerber

Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either. —
Frederik L. Schodt

I took Japanese in high school. I'm Chinese, though, and I just fell in love with the language and the culture. —
Matthew Moy

Japanese medical people are traditionally very strange and creepily poetic. —
David Cronenberg

Vampires? You think vampires are real? Seriously?"
"The werewolf is asking me if I believe in vampires? —
Tammy Blackwell

I acquired an admiration for
Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play. —
Philip Warren Anderson