"Japan should get more involved in mediating disputes between countries and seek to play the role of a peace broker. To make this possible, we must train people so they have a solid understanding of international politics and great negotiation skills."

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Source : Source: asia.nikkei.com

Sadako Ogata

#Country Quotes #Japan Quotes #Play Quotes

“I paint to understand my world and my place in it. I paint to pray, to curse, to sort, to number, to structure, to destructure, to bleed, to preserve, to recognize, to see, to hide, to show, to tell, to think, to stop thinking, to detest, to love, to act, to be still, to laugh, to cry, to detest, but mostly to love for now I am human, but in a few short years I will be something else.”
“I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”
“Can you remember? when we thought the poets taught how to live?”
“I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.”
“You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin.”
“The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.”
“It isn't work that makes you tired, it's your mental attitude.”
“If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.”

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