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Quotes by Japanese Authors
"Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific."
"Looking at the ocean makes me miss people, and hanging out with people makes me miss the ocean."
"A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else."
"Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time."
"There. My ears are all dead. Now you try."Three times I repeated the movements she'd made. Slowly, carefully, but nothing left me with the impression that my ears had died. The wine was rapidly circulating through my system."I do believe that my ears aren't dying properly, " I said, disappointed.She shook her head. "That's okay. If your ears don't need to die, there's nothing wrong with them not dying."
"A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader."
"French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow."
"Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds true with me."
"It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music."
"The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down."
"If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it."
"Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with people coming and going-people with places to go and people with no place to go; people with a purpose and people with no purpose; people trying to hold time back and people trying to urge it forward."
"Oshima's silent for a time as he gazes at the forest, eyes narrowed. Birds are flitting from one branch to the next. His hands are clasped behind his head. "I know how you feel," he finally says. "But this is something you have to work out on your own. Nobody can help you. That's what love's all about, Kafka. You're the one having those wonderful feelings, but you have to go it alone as you wander through the dark. Your mind and body have to bear it all. All by yourself."
"The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia."
"April and May were painful, lonely months for me because I couldn't talk to you. I never knew that spring could be so painful and lonely. Better to have three Februaries than a spring like this."
"For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular."
"Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it might go on."
"The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks."
"Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away."
"There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative."
"Japan's experience suggests the importance of assessing the sustainability of price stability over a fairly long period, which many central banks have emphasized in recent years."
"I don't know anyone who would be exclusively working on game music, per se."
"Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper."
"We talked about the Internet and Wikipedia and how facts and history are being collectively created online."
"I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python."
"After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped."
"Working together as a team helps build a cohesive organization."
"The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive."
"A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind."
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