"You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding."

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Source : "Made in Japan : Akio Morita and Sony" by Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura, (p. 202), 1986.

Akio Morita

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“I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.”
“I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.”

Source : "I was seen as either a junkie or a drunk" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2008.
“If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me.”
“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.”
“There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched.”
“How amazing it is that friendships can become so full that you can't imagine what your life was like before them.”
“All our lives are symbols. Everything we do is part of a pattern we have at least some say in. The strong make their own patterns and influence other people's, the weak have their courses mapped out for them. The weak and the unlucky, and the stupid.”

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