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Quotes About Japanese

and they were deeply moved not so much by the poetry as by their sensitivity to poetry; not so much by the genius of the poem as by their wisdom in understanding the poem; not in knowing the poem but in knowing the poem demonstrated the higher side of themselves and of the Japanese spirit—
~ Richard Flanagan
They learned that they should always call the restaurant first. Do you serve Japanese?
~ Julie Otsuka
So the story of Wild Fox Kang's attempted coup and murder of Cixi lay in darkness and obscurity for nearly a century, until the 1980s, when Chinese scholars discovered in Japanese archives the testimony of the designated killer, Bi, which established beyond doubt the existence of the plot.
~ Jung Chang
The Japanese are a disease of the skin...the Communists are a disease of the heart. Everything personal was political... Two reds sandwiching a black...
~ Jung Chang
The novelist Natsume Soseki counted his morning trips to the toilet a great pleasure, 'a physiological delight' he called it. And surely there could be no better place to savor this pleasure than a Japanese toilet where, surrounded by tranquil walls and finely grained wood, one looks out upon blue skies and green leaves.
~ Junichirô Tanizaki
My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
~ Jack Adams
I want men to be more chic - and Japanese style has that kind of sophisticated elegance.
~ Roberto Cavalli
Japanese moe relationships socially dysfunctional men develop deep attachments to body pillows with women painted on them.
~ James Franco
Hi! My little hutIs newly-thatched I see...Blue morning-glories
~ Kobayashi Issa, Japanese Haiku
the Japanese school year begins in spring ... so mothers can send off their children as cherry blossoms fall from the branches.
~ Cathy Davidson
Terri and her mother arrived. She was obviously a dedicated stage mother because she was loaded down with camera equipment, looking like a Japanese tourist.
~ Audrey Meadows
two different kinds of Japanese psychotherapies, one based on getting people to stop using feelings as an excuse for their actions and the other based on getting people to practice gratitude.
~ Will Schwalbe
a book by David K. Reynolds, who had, in the early 1980s, come up with a system he called Constructive Living, a Western combination of two different kinds of Japanese psychotherapies, one based on getting people to stop using feelings as an excuse for their actions and the other based on getting people to practice gratitude.
~ Will Schwalbe
Cessation of hostilities. War is over. If any Japanese airplanes appear, shoot them down in a friendly way.
~ William F. Halsey
Our ships have been salvaged and are retiring at high speed toward the Japanese fleet.
~ William Frederick Halsey (Jr.)
Japanese medical people are traditionally very strange and creepily poetic.
~ David Cronenberg
The weaknesses of the system, the inherent dangers of being a part of a domestic monopoly in an industry open to other countries, had not yet revealed themselves. So, while other areas of the American economy remained competitive, no one challenged the auto industry until the full-scale assault of the Japanese in the seventies. When it finally came, the extent of American vulnerability surprised even those who had been critical.
~ David Halberstam
The Japanese do not fear God. They only fear bombs.
~ Jerome Cady
Canada I don't trust. The Canadian government hates me more than the Japanese.
~ Paul Watson
EMBRACING THE EXISTING Japanese perspective on urban history and context
~ Kengo Kuma
At its best, [Japanese cooking] is inextricably meshed with aesthetics, with religion, with tradition and history. It is evocative of seasonal changes, or of one's childhood, or of a storm at sea.
~ M. F. K. Fisher
I really hope that the Japanese are going to stop demonstrating to the world what man-made radiation does to people.
~ Steven Magee
A series of howls and war cries echoed through the camp....The werewolves and Japanese had attacked."-pg.353 Forbidden Nights with a Vampire Kerrelyn Sparks
~ Kerrelyn Sparks
I had a dream about you last night. In this dream we were walking down the beautiful Japanese streets of Florida. Fukuoka is nice in the summer.
~ Rodney Jenkins