"I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn, but unfortunately when I head back to Japan, the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning."

-- Chiaki Kuriyama

#Thinking Quotes #Japan Quotes #America Quotes

“If you can't fix it, you have to stand it.”
“Will Young. He's a great white soul singer. But he was slightly disappointing when I met him - not that friendly. Perhaps he was having a bad day. I love Take That, they're terrific. Gary Barlow is so talented. I've always hated punk rock and I'm not mad about rapping, but then it's not really for my age group.”
“I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.”
“A man spends the first year of his life learning that he ends at his own skin, and the rest of his life learning that he doesn't.”

Source : "The Individual and Political Life of Information Systems". "Proceedings of the Symposium on Education for Information Science, Warrenton, Virginia, September 7-10, 1965". Book edited by Lawrence B. Heilprin, Barbara E. Markuson, Frederick L. Goodman, 1965.
“In Western Civilization - America and Britain - if you see people talking and it becomes an argument and voices are raised, you are not surprised if violence follows. Hopefully it won't, but you are not surprised.”
“I'm an easy date, as someone would say!”
“I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.”
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”

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