344 Japanese Quotes for You to Enjoy

I seem to go through phases with collecting stuff: vintage Japanese men's magazines, coconut monkey carvings, '70s belt buckles. Michael Bastian

Men Monkey Collecting Magazines Carving Seem Through Stuff Go Japanese Coconut Vintage Phases Belt

I think that we have positive moments in our history and negative moments in our history. We incarcerated Japanese Americans in the state of Colorado, in Camp Amache. You could say that's part of our heritage; I would say it's a shameful part of our heritage and not something we should repeat. Michael Bennet

In the postwar period, Americans turned away from quality as the principal goal of manufacturing and made cost the principal goal. Japanese, restructuring their companies, made exactly the opposite decision. Michael Crichton

Quality Decision Made Exactly Cost Postwar Restructuring Period Principal Opposite Goal American Japanese Turned Manufacturing Companies Away

The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear and racial bias. Michael Ignatieff

War World Fear Tyranny Example Would Detention Driven Bias Qualify Executive Misuse American Japanese Racial Prerogative World War World War II

I was in a karaoke video in 1991, for a song called 'Sukiyaki,' which is a very famous Japanese song, and I've actually heard from people that they've been in bars in Asia where they've seen me come up in the 'Sukiyaki' video that they play behind you. I'm in that. I'm in a karaoke video. Michael Weatherly

My mother's family was among the 120,000 people of Japanese descent on the West Coast who were dispatched to internment camps during World War II. Michiko Kakutani

War Family People World Mother Were West West Coast Camps Japanese Coast Who Descent Among Internment World War World War II

The removal of people of Japanese descent from their homes and their incarceration in camps were executed with the same sort of political calculus of fear and bigotry that Mr. Trump is using to redefine American immigration policy. Michiko Kakutani

My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize. Mike Honda

War Family World Nation Own Other Took Our Thousands My Own Over Were Years American Japanese Apologize World War World War II

My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and shouldn't be trusted. Mike Shinoda

Teacher Class School Uncle Say Citizens Would Outright Remembers Were Trusted Being Japanese Dad Second-Class Second-Class Citizens

Koreans are worried about the Japanese right-wing people, who tend to be against foreigners. But the Koreans in Japan aren't even foreigners. They are essentially culturally Japanese. If a family has lived in Japan for three generations, it's absurd to see them as foreigners. Min Jin Lee

Japanese people, they're not really one to complain. Mirai Nagasu

People Complain Japanese Japanese People Really

I feel responsible to make something original as a Japanese artist. There are lots of singers and guitarists, but I feel that on stage it's meaningless to copy something someone has done before. Miyavi

Before Stage Responsible Someone Something Feel Singers Make Lots Artist Done Japanese Meaningless Original Copy

After the Pearl Harbor attacks, around 120,000 Japanese Americans were jailed in internment camps. If an attack on U.S. soil were perpetrated by people who were not white and Christian, we can be pretty damn sure that racists would have a field day. Naomi Klein

Day People Soil Field White Christian Damn Would Pretty Attack Attacks Sure Around Were Camps American Jailed After Japanese Racists Harbor Who Internment Pearl Pearl Harbor

I'm really grateful that I get a lot of Japanese press. Naomi Osaka

Grateful Press Lot Get Japanese Really

When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese. Natalie Massenet

Learn Go Going Decided Japan Japanese

I think that nationality has no relation to that which gives rise to manga. Even among the Japanese, manga creators are making their creations everyday reflecting their own individuality, with none being the same. What is important isn't the differences between the creators but their love for manga. Natsuki Takaya

Love Important Own Differences Think Everyday Relation Rise Gives Individuality Between None Making Reflecting Same Nationality Being Manga Which Japanese Creations Even Creators Among

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States uprooted more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent, most of them American citizens, and confined them in internment camps. The Solicitor General was largely responsible for the defense of those policies. Neal Katyal

People Defense States Solicitor Those Responsible Citizens Following General More Attack Most Policies Camps Than American American Citizens Uprooted Confined Japanese Them Harbor Descent United Largely United States Internment Pearl Pearl Harbor

The media was always so focused on the money a movie makes. But I was in Times Square, and a bunch of Japanese tourists looked at me and started shouting, 'Toula!' I loved it. It's these tiny moments of connection that register with me the most and always have. Nia Vardalos

I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan. Nick Cave

Me Think Interviews Call Japan Japanese Much Really

Of course the Japanese and Peruvian fish are different, but it's the same Pacific Ocean. They are different, but I know fish. Nobu Matsuhisa

Ocean Know Course Fish Same Different Pacific Pacific Ocean Japanese

I think that American people really know how to pursue fun, they really know how to have a good time. Japanese are somewhat more reserved than Americans, so I'm jealous. Nobuo Uematsu

Jealous Time Good People Good Time Think More Somewhat Pursue Know How Than American Japanese American People Really Fun Reserved

Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire. Pat Morita

Millionaire Thanks Wayne John John Wayne Became Japanese

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