"Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army."

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Source : "Until They Eat Stones" by Russell Brines, (p. 254), 1944.

Sadao Araki

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“You can either grow old gracefully or begrudgingly. I chose both.”
“Let him who is not come to logic be plagued with continuous and everlasting filth”
“An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil.”
“One who contends with immortals lives a very short life.”
“A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down, desires aroused and fulfilled, enticements, variety, patterning and plot. As in a work of art, not only the overall form, but also the details matter intensely.”

Source : Margaret Visser (2015). “The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners”, p.25, Open Road Media
“I regret my choice of words which do not accurately reflect the process of the James committee, with which I have been closely involved and totally support.”

Source : "Senior Tory sacked over spending cuts gaffe" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2005.
“Neptune controls Pluto's orbit. Neptune is the bully of that neighborhood.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Great leaders inspire us to go places we would never go on our own, and to attempt things we never thought we had in us.”

Source : Hans Finzel (2013). “The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make”, p.17, David C Cook

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