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So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries. Bernard Cornwell

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I remember being in Japan when Destiny's Child put out 'Independent Women,' and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way. Beyonce Knowles

Saying Good Me Women Inspire Remember Goals Made Own Thinking Way Destiny Independent Out Jobs Responsibilities Put Feel Proud How Were Child Being Japan Realized Deeper

It wasn't easy in the 1970s when I initially started on my mission - to take yoga to the world. Nobody knew what it was in Japan. When I met Bill Clinton for the first time, he asked me if it was a form of yogurt that you eat! But I kept my faith and never gave up on my quest. Bikram Choudhury

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America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation. Bill Plympton

Adult Animation Ideas Terms Accepting America Behind Japan Europe

I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan. Billy Higgins

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My dad was this Jack-of-all-trades, entrepreneur type. I secretly think he may be a spy, when I really think about it and I kind of connect the pieces. That's what led us to moving to Japan when I was four. Bishop Briggs

Entrepreneur Think Type Secretly Kind About He Pieces Led Spy May Moving Japan Us Really Connect Dad Four

My father wanted me to go to France, U.S. or Japan to study. I told him I wouldn't go anywhere, I'd stay in Cameroon and do my music with my friends. He said that the devil was in me and called a priest to remove it. I was the only guy who didn't want to go to Europe - he thought I was crazy. Blick Bassy

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The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant. Brandi Chastain

Country Progressive Say About Were Male Dominant Very Japan Thing

In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that's absolute rubbish. Some of the most creative work is being done in children's books. In Japan, everything is art. They don't say painting is better than ceramics or dress design. Brian Wildsmith

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I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand. Bruce Feiler

You Change Better Same Thing Thinking Say Over Know Understand Said Go Decades Trying Same Which Japan Now Thing

Even though China was a very closed country, they thought of themselves as the center of the world. It is an ethnic characteristic. After I went to Japan, I had a totally different view. The Japanese are always talking about what the Western world is doing. There is the anxious feeling of an outsider. Cai Guo-Qiang

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I remember, when I was modelling in Japan, the agency would tell us that some guy wanted to take all the girls out to dinner, and I would be the one girl who didn't go - I didn't want to go out with a stranger. Carrie-Anne Moss

I started my career as a singer in Japan, but left it all behind to focus on my dancing career. Carrie Ann Inaba

Focus Dancing Singer Left Behind Japan Started Career

I grew up with WWE and New Japan, but when I started traveling to Germany, I had the chance to train with people like Christian Eckstein and Tony St. Clair. They were two of the cornerstones of the German 'beer tent' wrestling era, when they'd have 30-day tournaments in the same town. Cesaro

Beer People Christian Wrestling Had Tournaments Tent New Town Like WWE Era Were Up German Train Germany Same Grew Japan Traveling Started Chance Two Tony

Threats of trade protectionism, plus unilateral actions on the exchange-rate front, such as the heavy interventions of China, Japan, and Switzerland in the currency markets - not to mention the retaliatory tariffs recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives - endanger growth prospects and could further depress financial market confidence. Charles Dallara

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A movie of mine is going to be released in Japan next year. I play a waitress who's a really regular girl in this movie. The English title isn't decided yet, but in Japanese it's I'll Get on the A Train Sometime. Chiaki Kuriyama

I know this is economic jargon, but essentially, if you bring more women to the job market, you create value, it makes economic sense, and growth is improved. There are countries where it's almost a no-brainer: Korea, Japan, soon to be China, certainly Germany, Italy. Why? Because they have an aging population. Christine Lagarde

You Women Job Value Sense Market More Economic No-Brainer Almost Soon Countries Know Because Makes Korea Italy Germany Improved Essentially Where China Japan Jargon Create Certainly Aging Population Why Growth Bring

We never work on only one project because we never know if we will get permission for a project. So, for 'Over the River,' we started in 1992. I was just finishing 'The Umbrellas' in Japan and California, and I was also working on getting permission to wrap the Reichstag. Christo

I have this little, tiny Dusty Rhodes figure they make in Japan that people always give me in my bag. I set it next to the title and took a picture of it in my bag. That was my big goal in the industry. I wasn't able to achieve that in his lifetime, but he always believed. Cody Rhodes

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Japan is dealing us a dead hand. For two years we have watched the Japanese drag their feet and we can't let them continue to slam the door in our faces. Craig L. Thomas

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We have a lot of suspicion of robots in the West. But if you look cross-culturally, that isn't true. In Japan, in their science fiction, robots are seen as good. They have Astro Boy, this character they've fallen in love with and he's fundamentally good, always there to help people. Cynthia Breazeal

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Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself. Dan Quayle

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