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Quotes About Ronin

The ronin were those masterless men who roamed around, and yet they found themselves getting involved in circumstances they hadn't expected.
~ Edward Zwick
He used to say that a true r?nin did not seek fame or profit, did not curry favor with the powerful, did not attempt to use political power for his own ends, did not exempt himself from moral judgments. Rather he was as broad-minded as floating clouds, as quick to act as the rain and quite content in the midst of poverty. He never set himself any targets and never harbored any grudges.
~ Eiji Yoshikawa
The truth is that banks are the last feudal kingdoms, their rulers omnipotent, divine warlords. Their key lieutenants are 'ronin' (wandering mercenary samurai) who roam financial markets ready to ally themselves to any warlord for a share of plunder. This is not the place to apply the latest management theory.
~ Satyajit Das
For those that don't know, a Ronin is a Japanese word for masterless samurai and in the wrestling industry that is how I see myself.
~ Montel Vontavious Porter
I think every culture - you can call it an American Ronin, a medieval knight errant, you could talk about 'Shane.' There is an archetype that I think is actually common to a lot of cultures, and even the Clint Eastwood stuff was probably as influenced by the Japanese stuff, and yet done by an Italian.
~ Edward Zwick
Ronin were landless or masterless peasant-soldiers or samurai who, through dishonor or the loss of their masters, were forced to wander the land until some other lord would accept their services.
~ James Clavell
men were ruined and families were destroyed by Ronin. She's the only person in the department I don't trust to have my back. Nobody does.
~ Lee Goldberg