Quotes of: Japanese-people Keyword

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

Haruki Murakami

Out of the ugliness of the ironworks lepers will eat, children will be born, their parents will grow old.

Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation

I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a different level, and take their art very seriously - that's special if you're an artist.

Matthew Sweet

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

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.

Stan Sakai

O-Ren Ishii: [in Japanese; subtitled] For ridiculing you earlier, I apologize. The Bride: [in Japanese; subtitled] Accepted.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Taka: Japanese men do not help with this Algren: [grabs firewood basket] I am not Japanese

The Last Samurai

Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be blended; and, in fact, they are surprised by the rigid and pretentious Western hierarchy of 'high art.'

Takashi Murakami

Within two or three years of World War II's end, starvation had been basically eliminated in Japan, and yet the Japanese had continued slaving away as if their lives depend on it. Why? To create a more abundant life? If so, where was the abundance? W...

Ryū Murakami

All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other.

Francis Ford Coppola

Japanese people cut their energy use by 25 percent immediately after Fukushima. They showed there was huge opportunity there. And instead, the government simply wants to get those plants up and running again.

David Suzuki

I think and hope and believe that the Japanese government and the people of Japan will be happy and content with the progress of justice in this case and that it will not become a great issue in the future.

Howard Baker

They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races.

Emperor Hirohito

I believe that a lot of what we put in our bodies really can harm us. It's been proven that people who eat Mediterranean and Japanese diets live for a very long time.

Cote de Pablo

I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected from a woman than it is to make a drama about a Japanese warrior.

Julie Delpy

Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen.

Tadashi Yanai

Time is what we have in this life, and how we use it determines what our life is.

A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance

My goal is to draw a line with some 'flavor' to it.

A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance

Gift giving is part of the culture no matter where you are and no matter how long you stay.

Doing Business with Japanese Men: A Woman's Handbook

He did not care about titles and was proud to be a farmer beyond all else.

The Forgotten Japanese: Encounters with Rural Life and Folklore

Any connoisseur knows you've got to be drunk to really enjoy a good romance.

Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy