"The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects at the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the people of Japan who fought and lost their lives for the country and to pray for the peace of their souls."

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Shinzo Abe

#Country Quotes #Believe Quotes #Japan Quotes

“The fire of love is drawn from the sky rather than the human mind.”
“You will kill ten of us, we will kill one of you, but in the end, you will tire of it first.”
“Joy is big. Joy lives in your own drunken electrons, billions of them, spinning and dancing without end in their own intimate Universe, longing for You.”

Source : Judith Hanson Lasater (2016). “Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life”, p.125, Shambhala Publications
“A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present”
“Advertising is about norms and values, aspirations and prejudices. It is about culture.”
“The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back.”
“The concentration and reciprocal effect of industry and agriculture conjoin in a growth of productive powers, which increases more in geometrical than in arithmetical proportion.”
“One of the rules that I always follow is that no matter how crazy characters may act, and no matter how absurd or strange their actions may be, that it's justified in the character's mind why they are doing it. Not to get all heady about it, but it's fun for me to test how far I can go with things while still keeping it grounded enough that you believe that the character really believes that what he's doing will get him what he wants. It's a personal challenge to me to see how far I can go with that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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