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Quotes by Japanese Authors

"What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me."

"What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Struggle, Darkness, Self, Emotion, Fear

16

"With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over."

"With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

16

"A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born, but you can choose how to die."

"A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born, but you can choose how to die."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Mortality, Death, Choice, End

16

"True love is more than physical, emotional and romantical. It's an acceptance of all that has been, that is, will be and will not be."

"True love is more than physical, emotional and romantical. It's an acceptance of all that has been, that is, will be and will not be."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Relationship, Love, Acceptance, Commitment, Trust

16

"Eternity is the mentality for immortality. Make your mark, leave a positive legacy!"

"Eternity is the mentality for immortality. Make your mark, leave a positive legacy!"

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Legacy, Eternity, Immortality, Positive

16

"Don't you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really do, for your sake. But realistically speaking, you have to see there's a huge possibility you'll never be able to meet him again. And even if you do meet, he might already be married to somebody else. He might have two kids. Isn't that so? And in that case, you may have to live the rest of your life alone, never being joined with the one person you love in all the world. Don't you find that scary?"

"Don't you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really do, for your sake. But realistically speaking, you have to see there's a huge possibility you'll never be able to meet him again. And even if you do meet, he might already be married to somebody else. He might have two kids. Isn't that so? And in that case, you may have to live the rest of your life alone, never being joined with the one person you love in all the world. Don't you find that scary?"

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Failure, Lesson, Growth, Resilience

16

"When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace."

"When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace."

Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese Athlete

Life, Peace, Death, Struggle

16

"What you don't deal with today, will live to deal with you tomorrow."

"What you don't deal with today, will live to deal with you tomorrow."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Wisdom, Responsibility, Today, Consequence, Fate

16

"I don't know, it's stupid being 20," she said. "I'm just not ready. It feels weird. Like somebody's pushing me from behind."

"I don't know, it's stupid being 20," she said. "I'm just not ready. It feels weird. Like somebody's pushing me from behind."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Youth, Confusion, Life, Change

16

"People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die."

"People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Legacy, Memory, Death, Remembrance

16

"Your thinking has the potentiality to make you a kid or a king, in it lies your enthronement or dethronement."

"Your thinking has the potentiality to make you a kid or a king, in it lies your enthronement or dethronement."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Mindset, Thinking, Power, Choice, Self

16

"Think Positively.Network well.Eat healthy.Work Smart.Stay Strong.Build faith.Worry less.Read more.Be happy.Volunteer freely.Relax often.Love always.Live eternallyand you will see doors open to your favor."

"Think Positively.Network well.Eat healthy.Work Smart.Stay Strong.Build faith.Worry less.Read more.Be happy.Volunteer freely.Relax often.Love always.Live eternallyand you will see doors open to your favor."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Lifestyle, Positivity, Health, Faith, Happiness

16

"I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation."

"I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

16

"I was feeling lonely without her, but the fact that I could feel lonely at all was consolation. Loneliness wasn't such a bad feeling. It was like the stillness of the pin oak after the little birds had flown off."

"I was feeling lonely without her, but the fact that I could feel lonely at all was consolation. Loneliness wasn't such a bad feeling. It was like the stillness of the pin oak after the little birds had flown off."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Loneliness, Emotion, Peace, Stillness

16

"Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write."

"Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write."

Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author

Friendship, Dreams, Travel, Books, Care

16

"A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind."

"A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind."

Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Author

Knowledge, Examination, Mankind, Today

16

"Art expresses man."

"Art expresses man."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

16

"Everything seems pointless since you left."

"Everything seems pointless since you left."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Loss, Pain, Grief, Despair

16

"There really aren't any completely Asian people singing right now."

"There really aren't any completely Asian people singing right now."

Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician

People, Now, Right, Singing

16

"Nations rise and fall, flourish and decay, by what they believe in and by what their culture stands for."

"Nations rise and fall, flourish and decay, by what they believe in and by what their culture stands for."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Culture, Belief, Nation, Philosophy

16

"Your mentality sets the stage for your prosperity."

"Your mentality sets the stage for your prosperity."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Mindset, Mentality, Prosperity, Success

16

"I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future."

"I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future."

Tadao Ando, Japanese Architect

Architecture, People, Future

16

"Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?""I guess it depends on how you die."

"Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?""I guess it depends on how you die."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Mortality, Death, Fear, Acceptance

16

"My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity."

"My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

Court, Popularity, Publicity, Years

16

"The aging and declining population will have far-reaching impacts. Declining fertility rates will possibly increase immigration. The structure of family and society will inevitably change."

"The aging and declining population will have far-reaching impacts. Declining fertility rates will possibly increase immigration. The structure of family and society will inevitably change."

Toshihiko Fukui, Japanese Public Servant

Change, Family, Society, Population

16

"Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was."

"Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was."

Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Author

16

"Every story has a time to be told."

"Every story has a time to be told."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Narrative, Story, Time, Telling, Life

15

"I didn't have a childhood."

"I didn't have a childhood."

Pat Morita, Japanese Actor

15

"I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried."

"I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

Management, Managers

15

"I was the chain that bit into my ankle, and I was the ruthless guard that never slept."

"I was the chain that bit into my ankle, and I was the ruthless guard that never slept."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Struggle, Self, Imprisonment, Pain, Metaphor

15

"It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit."

"It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

Importance, Spirit

15

"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."

"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."

Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese Poet

Endurance, Journey, Pain

15

"All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says."

"All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Nostalgia, Silence, Running, Comfort

15

"We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them."

"We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them."

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director

Age, Movies, Rights

15

"I sent 200, 300 of the clothes that I had made, and the dancers chose what they liked."

"I sent 200, 300 of the clothes that I had made, and the dancers chose what they liked."

Issey Miyake, Japanese Designer

Fashion, Clothes

15

"You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today."

"You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today."

Tadao Ando, Japanese Architect

Leader, America, Economics, Today

15

"Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical."

"Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

15

"The staff at the Institute will present an analysis on how asset price fluctuations and subsequent structural adjustments influence sustained economic growth, based on Japan's experience since the second half of the 1980s."

"The staff at the Institute will present an analysis on how asset price fluctuations and subsequent structural adjustments influence sustained economic growth, based on Japan's experience since the second half of the 1980s."

Toshihiko Fukui, Japanese Public Servant

Experience, Growth, Influence, Present

15

"There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart."

"There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart."

Kenzo Tange, Japanese Architect

Architecture, Heart

15

"In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content."

"In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content."

Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician

People, Content

15

"Sometimes I feel so- I don't know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you're used to has been ripped away. Like there's no more gravity, and I'm left to drift in outer space with no idea where I'm going'Like a little lost Sputnik?'I guess so."

"Sometimes I feel so- I don't know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you're used to has been ripped away. Like there's no more gravity, and I'm left to drift in outer space with no idea where I'm going'Like a little lost Sputnik?'I guess so."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Loneliness, Space, Loss

15

"I don't know what it means to live."

"I don't know what it means to live."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Meaning, Life, Confusion, Existence

15

"Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route."

"Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Philosophy, Life, Flow, Challenge, Path

15

"Tone has the living soul."

"Tone has the living soul."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

15

"I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work."

"I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work."

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director

Work, Manager, Boss, Animation

15

"Success is 99 percent failure."

"Success is 99 percent failure."

Soichiro Honda, Japanese Businessman

Success, Failure

15

"Suffering is a misunderstood pain."

"Suffering is a misunderstood pain."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Suffering, Pain, Misunderstanding, Emotion

15

"There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon."

"There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon."

Matsuo Basho, Japanese Poet

15

"The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation."

"The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation."

Akihito, Japanese Statesman

15

"If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person."

"If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Love, Salvation, Heart, Relationship

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