"Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness."

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Source : Lafcadio Hearn (2015). “Out of the East: Reveries and Studies in New Japan”, p.39, Routledge

Lafcadio Hearn

#Kindness Quotes #Voice Quotes #Tone Quotes

“I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.”
“And now you're off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They'll have your skirts up and a babe in your belly afore you know what you're about." "Everyone keep warning me about sailors," I complained. "Why can't someone tell the sailors to stay clear of me?" Granny snorted. "Oh, you're the fierce one now! Just take care no one else catches you unawares and knocks you on the nob!”
“To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.”
“To me there can be no liberation without socialism. And conversely, there can be no socialism without liberation for everybody.”

Source : Clara Fraser (1998). “Revolution, She Wrote”, p.120, Red Letter Press
“I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.”
“There is so much media now with the Internet and people, and so easy and so cheap to start a newspaper or start a magazine, there's just millions of voices and people want to be heard.”
“What I like to do as an actor is transform. It's way more fun to play characters who are completely different than me. I like playing characters who appear one way on the outside but are actually very different from that.”

Source : Source: hollywoodlife.com
“My body may have been abused, but it certainly hasn't been neglected.”

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