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"I still had some honor... I still have some now."
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"When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death?Anyone who warms their heart with the glow Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all. The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said."

"There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot."

"And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of [the strangers'] smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for it had power to protect and to confer honor and to strengthen resolve and it had the power to heal men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted."

"Don't start a fight if you can't duke it out. Either win or concede but whatever you do, don't have others fight for you."

"Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man."
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"I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line."

"In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent."

"You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity."

"If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children."

"I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction."
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